I was wanting to make a new purse for myself and had a pretty good idea of what I wanted. I drove over to Joanne’s to look at patterns and as I was walking into the store, I noticed a lady’s purse in her cart. It was very bright and I could tell right away that the style was what I was looking for. I asked her if she made it and she said yes, but she didn’t know anything more about the pattern other than it was “Bow Tie Tucks” or some thing like that. A friend had given her the pattern, so she couldn’t even tell me where it came from. She did let me look at it, even to see what the inside looked like and I knew that was the pattern I wanted.
As soon as I got home, I googled “Bow Tie Tucks” and very soon I found that the pattern I was looking for was actually called “Bow Tucks” and learned that I could probably find it at a quilt shop. Needless to say, I immediately went to the nearest quilt shop, which was going to close in one hour and bought the very last one they had in stock.
I also found a tutorial for assembeling it since there are no photos in the instructions.
The embroidery design on the front pocket is from Embroidery Library and is called Scrolling Stargazers.
The purse measures aproximately 11″ tall x 13″ wide x 5″ deep. Ties on each end form a bow that causes a tuck that adds a nice shape to the bag. I was able to personalize the size of the inside pockets to fit the items I carry regularly.
