Rustic and Floral

I love working with flowers, I don't like wearing them as much, and I don't like appliquing them on bags that I use.

I made an exception this time. I wanted a rustic bag for myself. I found these strips for the body of the bag

and these to create a braided strap

After I attached the strap and closed the bag, I hung it on the wall and something just didn't feel right. The body of the bag is rustic and rough and the strap is too soft and lightweight.

I unpicked the top stitches, removed the strap and thought about it some more.

I decided I wanted a heavier, wider really rustic looking strap so I created one.

Now it feels right

The wider strap suits the bag much better.

And the flower arrangement is not overwhelming. I plan to use this rustic and floral bag a lot

A selection of bag tutorials can be found here on Etsy

https://www.etsy.com/il-en/shop/PriganArt?ref=shop_sugg&section_id=44461857

and here on the site

https://www.priganart.com/category/pdf-bag-tutorials