Accessories 

As part of my collection, I wanted to create a couple of accessories to compliment my outfits. I have decided to stick with simple yet chic accessories to make. The first accessory I made was a fold over bag, made from faux-leather in a mink colour. The neutral colour, and simple design will go perfectly with my outfits and should complete them nicely. I measured out how much I waned to use for the bag and cut the shape out, I then folded the long rectangular shape and sewn the sides together to create a bag shape. Next I folded over the edge of the bag by 1cm to give it a neat edge, and so that it wouldn't fray. I then took some stick on velcro, to secure the the bag shut. I also stuck some velcro on the inside of the part that will be folded over, and then the other part of the velcro the the actual bag, so that when the top is folded over, it has something to stick to, making the contents of the bag secure. Below are the steps of how I created the bag;

This is the first step, sewing the folded over fabric together which when finished sewing both sides, meant a bag shape was created

Here I had folded the hew of the bag over to secure the raw edges to stop the bag from fraying, and to give an overall neat and professional finish 

I have tapered the corners of the bag so that when I fold it inside out the corners aren't bulky

This is the velcro I used to secure the bag together

I used these pieces of velcro to secure the folded over part to the bag