Square embroidered purses

One of the coats I bought had a lot of zips on it and I thought it would be good to try and make some purses where I didn't have to insert the zip myself!

To add some decoration and interest I used the free embroidery foot on the sewing machine and stitched shells and seaweed in a contrasting turquoise thread.

This way of making a purse was so much simpler and I'm going to start looking out for garments with zips that I can easily incorporate into my products.