During the last month I have been approached by a couple of projects that looked simple on the surface, but ended up taking more time than expected. This purse was one of them. I have at least 5 hours in it. A client presented a purse she found at a craft show and said she would like me to make something like it. The original purse had handles, fabric flowers, and ruffles. The client asked for a clutch version. The purse I made has two interior pockets, is fully lined and has a zipper closure. It is embellished with ruffles after which I stopped working. If I continued on, the handmade flowers would have taking even more hours. The customer settled on crystal beads for embellishment along the ruffle, thank goodness.
Hoped for, lesson learned......"Reproducing only one of someone else's commericial or craft line takes more time than the original you are copying. There is a learning curve, a discovery process, as you figure out how the thing was made and then how you will attempt to reproduce it. It takes making something at least 50 times inorder to fine tune its production, its efficiency. Making one of something is never cost effective.", quote to self, from self. Hopefully, I have learned this lesson.
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