This year, for Christmas, I sewed ruffle clutches for my favorite 16 and 17 year olds! I wish I had a picture of all of them - I made 9 in all.
I used this tutorial from Noodlehead. It was pretty straight forward. I think you just need to do it and it makes more sense than reading the tutorial.
There is a divided pocket inside as well as a divider.
Perhaps my favorite part was looking through fabric scraps and finding fabrics that work together. Luckily, I had enough scraps!
Each one different - each one for a different girl.
I couldn't post earlier - Christmas gifts can be hard to post about. So this can go in your files of "ideas for next year." Don't you have a stash of ideas like that?
Don't let zippers intimidate you - they are soooo doable! I'm not a fancy shmancy seamstress - but I can sew straight lines and I'm not afraid to just go for it. The end results aren't always worth it, though. Luckily, this one came through with flying colors! By the time I figured out what I was doing, each bag took about 1 1/2 hours from start to finish and because of my fabric stash, I only had to go buy zippers! Not bad, if I do say so myself.
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These are really cute and I love the bright happy fabrics! I hope you'll come by and share at our new party on Tuesday!
WOW! These are great. I can't believe you made these. Now this is a DIY project that is completely out of my realm. Awesome! I'm sure the girls loved them.
Thanks for stopping by and checking out my no-sew curtain tutorial. I'm off to poke around your blog some more!
Zippers TERRIFY me. The thought of sewing nine of anything terrifies me even more. Did they just die over these?? SO STINKIN' ADORABLE.
How smart! I like the pretty fabric design,& I like the post :)
FABULOUS!! Forget the teenagers, I want one for myself!
You should show these to Anthropologie & tell them to stick their $$$$$ pricetags up their hoo-haas.
I've had tons of coffee this morning, can you tell.......
Darling! I love the ruffle design!
Those are absolutely adorable! I can't believe you made them....and the colors are perfect! BTW....I wanted to invite you to stop by my blog. We are having an "impossibility" challenge for 2012!
Awesome work .You are very talented.
these are so cute! i'll bet they are loving their gifts! xoxo, tracie
ps - come on over and enter the bracelet giveaway (on my side bar)!
These are super cute! Woo-hoo for using your fabric stash!! :) Thank you for your sweet comment on my blog. Following you now!
CUTE!
These are SO cute!! I really need to work on sewing with zippers!
What a nice Christmas gift for your girls. I use one of those every day for my wallet. That's a great tutorial.
Oh my word! I love ruffle pouches! These are so cute!
What a cute idea! I am loving the ruffles!! Thanks for the invite to your blog-VERY fun and creative!!
Happy Blogging!
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hi laurel! thank you for stopping by my blog and commenting. i wanted to come by and visit you here and wow, amazing clutches! you are SO creative and i'm way jealous!
i'm going to join your membership here to follow along.
thanks again!
Samantha
Love the clutch!! Saw you visited my blog and commented on my placemat aprons. Thanks for visiting! Your blog is darling! Love the header!!
Jen
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Those are adorable! I bet they love them!
Those came out great!
These are so cute! This is the perfect kind of project for me, takes little time and I like that! Thanks for sharing.
So cute - love them!
Super cute!! I love ruffles!! Stopping by from Sew Chatty linky party and your newest follower here and on Pinterest.
Here is what I shared this week: http://craftybrooklynarmywife.blogspot.com/2012/01/my-first-amp-cover.html
wow these are so fun! glad i found your blog! would love for you to check out my mama blog
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Love this! Would be great bridesmaid gifts too.
Very nice! I should really get out the ol' sewing machine and dust 'er off sometime :)
Lori
These are lovely! And so nicely done...
Thanks for visiting my site, am your newest follower :-)
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jutta
Oh my! Love these!! I'm far from 16, but I think these are adorable!! I'm sure they were a big hit at Christmas!
I absolutely love these! You did a great job! Thanks for the nice comment on my blog! I'm your newest follower.
Karen
very darling - you had me at RUFFLE! :)
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Very cute! Love Anna. Have one of those clutches myself!
Hello Laurel!
So nice stopping by to visit with you! I just had the best time perusing many of your posts! Lovely place you have here!
Nice to meet you!
Kindly, Lorraine
So cute! I am a newbie at the sewing deal, but I will have to remember these! They are adorable, thank you for sharing!
super cute! I also have a ton of girls on my Christmas list each year in my family. This may be next years gift!!!
These look fantastic! Thx for stopping by my blog yesterday! I am your newest follower and can't wait to spend more time noseing around!
Such a cute idea!!! Omg, I want one!!! I'm having a linky party, and would love it if you joined! Here is the link! http://www.thesouthernproductqueen.com/one-stop-shoppe-linky-party-3 Thanks for sharing!
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