I finished crocheting all 7 handbags and have embellished one. The handbag is laying on the fabric I will use to line it. The felt flower is inspired by the fabric, of course. I love the curly leaf veins and the French knots around the flower center.
The fabric looks a little neon on my monitor, but it's the actually a deep brown with rich, warm flowers. I fell in love with the fabric even before I pulled the bolt off the shelf.
Here is a shot of the project chart for the handbags. The next step is to embellish all of them. I'm looking forward to it since each one is different from what I've done in the past and from each other.
As you can see, I'm making headway on the ornaments. I put the most laborious, time-consuming, exacting work first so that I would hurry through it to get to the fun, easier work. My evil plan is working, since I accomplished a lot this week (there were no boxes checked off last Friday). I'm taking pictures as I go, so I will be able to show you all the details once their owners get them (some time after Dec 12th). It's killing me that I can't share this project with you, but I'm loving the anticipation!
I'm definitely going to leave mine (the lonely "fg" at the end of the row) until the end. But I've promised myself I *will* make it. I think I can trust me. :)