A New Clutch for Me!

While dyeing with my Niece and Nephew I also dyed some clothes for myself. I dyed a linen skirt a pretty mix of purple and 2 golds, and I tucked a piece of PFD Cotton Sateen (480M from Testfabrics) in with the skirt. The sateen is supposed to have a sheen on one side; it’s a bit apparent when I hold it in the light a certain way, but it sure is hard to tell! Here on the right is a piece of regular PFD and on the center and left are both sides of the sateen…I see no difference in the photograph, do you?

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Although there’s not much sheen, it sure is a pretty piece of fabric, though, isn’t it?

When we returned from the Tetons, I decided that I needed a zippered clutch to hold my cell phone and some other small sundries:

I stitched some huckleberries on the front, they look an awful lot like blueberries, but hey, we were just in Wyoming and huckleberries are the local fruit there!

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I stitched an Aspen leaf on the other, because those were really common up in Wyoming too:

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There are 2 pockets inside, one for my cell phone, the other for bills and credit cards:

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What’s really interesting is that although the sheen is really hard to SEE, I can feel it! It feels silky and soft, it’s a real pleasure to hold!

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I think that I’ll order some of this fabric and keep playing around with it!