Here you can see bits and pieces of my progress... 1. Making Mollie Flowers was a lot of fun! I used some pretty blush toned yarns and a nice mustard for a pop of yellow in the centers. (P.S. If you like the mollie flowers, I found a couple of helpful tutorials here and here.)
2. Seaming the flowers together took a bit of time.
3. I sewed together a sweet little zipper pouch in a coordinating polka dot material. It was my first time sewing a pouch like this and inserting a standard zipper, so that was a fun challenge. I found
this video tutorial by I Heart Stitching really helpful in putting this together. If you don't sew, you could easily buy a zippered pouch and make your flowers cover the dimensions.
4. In went the pouch...
5. A little bit of stitching finished it up.
And, that was it! I love how sweet this little clutch is. The original pattern called for a chain shoulder strap, but I like the simplicity of leaving it as a clutch.
The polka dot material is a fun surprise on the inside...
Project Details:Pattern: Inspired by Pouf Purse by April Garwood, May/June 2013 Issue of Crochet Today!Yarn: Various blush tones and a mustard from my stash. (This is a great stash bustin' project!)Difficulty: IntermediateSkills: seaming motifs together, sewing a zippered pouch I really love the texture the flowers add to the clutch. I'm even thinking of making another clutch using the daisy flower pattern I created recently. That could be a fun twist on the floral motif!