Diamond of the Season Circle Handbag (Knitorious Fabric Strike Project)

 Dearest Gentle Reader, 

Do you dream of an elegant handbag that shows off your love of romance and drama? If so, this bag is for you! Any Debutante carrying this stylish bag will be the talk of the Ton and sure to garner the eye of the season's most eligible catch!

Proclaim to one and all that YOU are the diamond of the season!

The Tea Diamond bag panels from Knitorious Fabric are so fun and a great way to build your stash.  This time I decided to make it into an actual circle bag (versus the Celine tote I made with the X-files circles), and I had to use some of my math skills! I had several examples of styles I could follow for circle style bags, but none were the RIGHT size for my panels! I think it worked out pretty well, given my late night geometry, and my refusal to do binding inside! Maybe someday I'll do another one and actually do a tutorial on how I made it.

The other side lets everyone know who spilled the tea!

I decided to make it a super thick little bag since it wouldn't have a lot of pockets, and needed to add in a little extra fabric to make it work. A gorgeous glitter vinyl from Wizardry, Stitchery, and Crafts gave it a nice bit of glitz, plus a shiny gold bee zipper pull and matching gold hardware to make it even more elegant. I even did a little free hand quilting to make sure the foam didn't detach, and to pop out the fun details! It's not super obvious, but I think it gives it a nice accent in person.

Gold bee zipper pull was PERFECT!

There wasn't enough fabric for a strap, so I used the glitter vinyl and some of the scraps to make a grab handle. It almost reminds me of a hat box! The vinyl is super thick, so I didn't do any interfacing on it, and held my breath sewing it with the usual machine, instead of the monster machine.

Had to put the tag close to the edge, didn't want to cover the bee!

The panel includes lining fabric, but it was almost too pretty to hide inside! Since I made it such a thick bag, I had to add in a little extra fairy floss for my zipper gusset. I was able to cut a small slip pocket to add in, so at least the bag has a little organization!

Tiny pocket

 If you can't tell, the lining is the Queen with her Corgis!

Look, no binding! although that might have made the lining fit in slightly better...

Surprisingly roomy for a little circle bag!

Be sure to check out the other amazing prints running in the Bookish round, you do NOT want the season to pass you by! 

I added on the little rings, either to hold while zipping or to attach a strap, would be amazing with a gold chain, but I don't have any!

The WIP of the quilting I added in, just for fun!