Proving once again that the right fabric can make even a simple sewing project into something rather spectacular — Doan Thuc couldn’t sleep, so she just whipped up a little bag for her cell phone.
Her pretty hand-sewn cell bag looks like she folded up one end a long narrow rectangle of material to the same length as her phone (right side of the fabric facing out), then stitched up the sides to make a pocket. The other end of the fabric folds down over the beaded strap to make a flap closure, and the edges are left raw, but zig-zag trimmed with pinking sheers just outside the line of stitching.
No spare beads on hand? A simple white cord would be just as effective as beads for the strap, playing against a strong colour and larger-scale pattern, such as this lime-green flower-print fabric. Or sew this up in artfully aged denim, with fringed edges and any sort of embellishment you might put on a favourite pair of jeans.
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Doan Thuc 06.24.07 at 11:12 pm
Thank you so much for writing about my cellphone bag.
domestika 06.25.07 at 11:50 am
I think the bag is very pretty, Doan Thuc, and it makes me think of many variations that would be fun to try!