A CIRCULAR HANDBAG

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21396, 20 October 1934, Page 6 (Supplement)

A CIRCULAR HANDBAG

IS UP TO DATE This circular handbag made in felt is very up to date. The simple modernist fan-shaped designs are carried out in buttonhole-stitch, and provide just the. right trimming touch. To make it you require two circular pieces of felt or other thick, plain wool material, lljin. in diapieter, two pieces of lining material the : same size, one 10in. fastener, one steel or chromium-plated ring, and two penny skeins of embroidery wool in a contrasting shade.

Arrange a krge and a small " fan " transfer motif on one felt bag section so that the ouiiside circular edge of the large piece of pattern lies sin. in from the edge of th<! felt and the small motif lies opposite (as in photograph).< Work tho design in spaced buttonhole-stitch in the embroidery wool. To make up the bag, place the two felt bag sections together with the right sideis inwards. Seam round, taking Jin. turnings and leaving an opening about llin; wide, turn out on to the right side and press well. Seam up the lining sections in the same way and fit into the bag. Insert the fastener at the opening, sandwiching the tape between the felt and silk, turning in the edges and hemming both materials down on each side of the tape firmly with matching cotton. Attach the steel ring to the tab of the fastener by means of a narrow stitched strap of the felt.