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William Morris ~ Red & Indigo Indian and Claret & Gold Bluebells

20/9/2016

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'Indian' design fabric.
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Dupion silk lining
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Back view
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Zipped pocket and two open pockets
Exotic fabrics lend themselves to elegant clutch bags lined with dupion silk, of course-what else?
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Claret and gold 'Bluebell' fabric
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Just the right colour gold dupion silk lining.
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Useful as well as beautiful!
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William Morris ~ Snakeshead fritillary, honeysuckle and tulips

20/9/2016

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Cross body leather strap, zipped top bag in Indigo Snakehead fabric
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Shows wonderful fabric design to bag back.
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Two open pockets and zipped pocket in coordinating blue and white cotton.
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Beautiful russet coloured honeysuckle and tulip fabric
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Ditsy rosebud cream cotton lining
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Full set! Two little matching purses. Love those tassels!
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Useful and beautiful items for the William Morris Gallery

4/9/2016

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I've made a good start on the William Morris bespoke range for Christmas-three down, sixteen to go! These fabrics are a delight to work with and finding just the right bits and bobs to coordinate with them is a enjoyable challenge.
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Strawberry thief in blue.
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Strawberry thief in chocolate colourway.
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Little purse in russet colourway honeysuckle and tulip.
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    Author

    Hello, I'm Ruth Overton. My nickname as a child was 'Ruthie Toots' which is how the name 
    Toots Totes'
    came about!
    I come from a family of artists and artisans and the creative gene has resulted in a desire to make stuff. There's nothing I love more, than to sit at my old treadle  machine, sewing. It was handed down to me, through the family having been bought by my Grandad for Grandma in the 1930's. (See my blogs about the machine here.)
    More recently I have turned my attention to designing and creating bags and 'Toots Totes' began. 
    I'm going to blog about how ideas for bags come about and how things happen in the sewing room, so join me there if you want to, or bypass this to go to the Shop or the gallery, if you prefer - I won't mind!

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