party purse with a touch of ambiguity

hello again, blogosphere
this is your process lady, returned from hiatus
to tell you a story of a party purse newly born just the other day
so here we go,
long story long


below:
material
your usual kimono-obi-japan affair



although i do like-like the
borderline tacky trad-j color combos
(i said it as a compliment, for it's an
aesthetically risky hence bold move
to match colors as such)

i wanted to de-japan and
make it into something with a different flavor

below:
first, tried insanely triumphant red-gold combo
golly gee, mighty sunny



next:
then naturally, a little toning down occurred



below:
wrong side started looking right as well...



decided on silver and red
victorious enough but not so much so that
it'd steamroller the bag carrier

below:
cut in strips, ready to be stitched together
can you envision how this will look when put together?



below:
oh, by the way,
stitch a little "in"
so that no black/ gold will show up at seams



next:
lookie, stitched!
pretty, no?



although i have "party" in mind
i wanted to make it

not too elegant
not too ritzy
not too formal
nor too presentable

heading for
no man's land of bag-making

below:
circles, what for?



yes those are to go on the both end of cylinder shape
then came a mishap...

below:
ow what's with those corners?
not the look i was after

this is when i gave up and gone to bed



during sleep i was granted
an insight, and the will to go on
that's a winning combination

now that i know what to do...

below:
about to take them apart and
do the right thing



next:
see, this is what was causing the boxy ridges
the brown "interfacing" material
was fused after all were assembled
creating texture differences
where interfacing was not directly applied



with renewed enthusiasm i ironed interfacing cut in strips
on each red-silver strips to provide even backing

below:
redoing stitches, and doing it better than before



below:
round!



zipper(s), straps and trimmings
determine the look of the bag
or so i say, so i picked the...

below:
sage-mint coil zipper
just because something clicked "yes!"

shortening it clumsily
no, that's not blood stain
thank you for your concern tho



below:
about to sew it on then i saw the unignorable
can you tell, the stripes not meeting?



meticulous?
certainly, but
i can't get no inner clicking
(that "yes!" thing i told you about)
until...

below:
... it looks like this!

(((click)))



next:
by the way, speaking of meticulous,
look closer until you see...

(hint: colors of the stitches)

ahem.
yea.



let's get choosy on straps
in fact, i already decided on this when
i picked that zipper but
why not show you why i say not red

below:
what do you think?



next:
which one's better,
horizontal, vertical or diagonal?



below:
went diago
added red trim and now i'm good to go



what, how big is the bag?

well...

below:
if there were 5 process ladies...
will we have the dress making process sped up by 5 times
or a beach just a little crowded?



the answer's blowin' in the wind my friend


thanks for your visit!