After trying the purses for Barbie from that McCalls pattern, I was inspired to try some market bags. I watched a couple of YouTube videos which were for 1/12 scale minis then fiddled around on my own. Here are the first results:

These bags are about 2″ high, 3.5″ with the handles. They’re lined and the handles are leather cording. They have little charm fleur-de-lis clasps and elastic loops to keep them closed as well as beads for feet. The one at the far left has a jewelry charm for a clasp instead. The one on the far right was the first one, and it’s a bit narrower than it should be. I widened my template for the others.

The brown fabric is a silk linen blend suiting that I bought in Paris in the 1980’s. I made myself a suit from it – long gone! – and these are remnants. The black fabric is quilting cotton. The bags are lined with French shirting fabric (that bit of red stripe), Liberty Tana Lawn (the other two brown bags) or silk/cotton voile. The roses on the bags are paper roses (are you singing along with Marie Osmond?) and the bouquet is a cluster of ribbon roses that I wrapped in tissue, like they just came from the florist.

The box is a desk organizer from the dollar store with a nicer paper glued in for backing. It’s 6 x 9″ and is the foundation of a display case for the store diorama that I’m creating for Barbie and her friends. Yup, another rabbit hole has opened wide…