How to make a clutch with your own hands

This small, elegant and elegant handbag came to us not so long ago. Once the duke of Westminster gave Coco Chanel a handbag-tube, which became the prototype of the modern clutch. In the future, the idea was picked up by Christian Dior and went - it raced! Fashion designers decided that you can make a clutch with your own hands and immediately found needlewomen who figured out how to save on designer things and began sewing and knitting the coveted handbags. What kinds of materials were not used for this - fur, plastic, velvet, and decor - and metal fittings, and stones, and bows, ribbons and pearls. The flight of imagination is inexhaustible and in women's hands these products turned into an indescribable beauty and variety of forms.

Of course, making a clutch by one's own hands is much cheaper than buying a designer thing, but it's unlikely that a needlewoman can compare with the creations of great artists of the world of clothes! What they do not come up with to surprise and please their customers - in the course goes snake skin, Swarovski stones, fringe and fur, pearls and metal, beads and sequins. A variety of shapes and sizes! For evening outlets, small and elegant handbags are made in a rectangular shape, decorated with all sorts of exquisite ornaments. For the business lady bags are made of a larger size, more modest and muted tones with a minimum of bows and stones, rounded and trapezoidal, rectangular and oval, soft and rigid designs. All outstanding fashion designers include in their fashion shows this became an indispensable accessory for a modern woman.

Nevertheless, a large selection of designer handbags does not make the problem of cost less urgent. Therefore, women who want to have this item in their arsenal, but do not have sufficient funds, should be able to make a clutch with their own hands, for this there are shops of fabrics and sewing accessories, threads and hooks, as well as fantasy and tips in fashion magazines and on websites in the Internet.

In order to link the clutch hook, you need, first and foremost, to determine the purpose - what this handbag will be used for and what it will be worn with. Evening option is different from everyday, summer from winter, of course, will also be noticeably different.

To tie a handbag to go out into the light, you need to pick up a string of elegant color, you can with the addition of lurex, dense and strong. For the decor can come stones of the appropriate color, beads and sequins. But first you need to think about what the bag will be worn and after that pick up the color of the thread and the decor. Next, you need to choose the appropriate size hook, parts for the lock and the frame, if it is a rigid construction. For a soft and volumetric model, the yarn and lining fabric are sufficient .

Knitted clutches look elegant and beautiful, if they are in good harmony with the clothes and are made in accordance with the season. For everyday use, you can choose a thread of a discreet, neutral color, with a minimum of ornaments and a matte shade. In such a purse it will be necessary to put a cosmetic bag, a mobile phone, a diary, so it should be somewhat larger than the evening version. Inside, it can have several compartments and pockets, and modern models are often equipped with a chain for convenience to be worn over the shoulder.

Clutch can be made from cloth by hand. To do this, you need to choose a suitable color suede or other dense fabric in accordance with the preferences and seasonality. To make bags for the cold season, you can apply fur, fringe and thicker fabric. So it will be more in harmony with the scarf, coat or warm coat. To a business suit it is necessary to choose a fabric of a suitable shade and more strict and unobtrusive decor.

The clutch is now extremely fashionable and relevant, it can be matched to any style of clothing, but, perhaps, the sports style does not tolerate this accessory.