Danaye Hobo Bag - Free Sewing Pattern by Crystelle Boutique
Danaye Hobo Bag - Sewing Pattern by Crystelle Boutique
Free PDF document download
Sizes Small and Large both included in the easy to follow step-by-step instructions
Fun Hobo Bag Sewing Pattern {lots of personality}
The Danaye Hobo Bag is a fun handbag with lots of personality,
and fringe benefits...!
Super cute Bag to hang over your schoulder
The Danaye Hobo pattern is a great jazzy yet functional bag for your inner frilly girl.
Great for children, teenagers, or adults.
Make a small bag or a large one. All pattern pieces are true to size.
A flap keeps the contents secure
Pattern includes detailed step-by step instructions on how to make an optional interior patch pocket and interior zippered pocket
Danaye ~ Super Cute Hobo Bag
• Finished Dimensions Small Danaye Bag: approximately 9 ½ x 14 inches
• Finished Dimensions Large Danaye Bag: approximately 11 x 18 inches
Danaye Hobo Bag ~ Potato Sack Style
Design not to be created for commercial use. All rights reserved.
Danaye Hobo Bag © Crystelle Boutique 2010
The free downloadable PDF file is right here at the bottom of the post.
Just print it off, and start sewing up a storm.Send me a picture of your finished bag and I will post it at Show and Tell.You deserve lotsa credit for making a fab bag! 
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Idaho Potato Sack Stockings
It's that time of year again: time to start pulling out the Christmas decorations....
Spud Sack Stockings
I try to show Idaho pride as I decorate my home:
Potato sacks from Idaho are the key....
heeheehee...!
Christmas Stockings - Idaho Style
I decided to hang our stockings over the piano.....
After all, if you remember, our mantle is kinda wimpy... heeheeheehee... :) 
the Beauty of Burlap: Potato Sack Stockings
And there you have it: Idaho potato sack stockings,
- for the Idaho lover,
- or the potato lover,
- or just for the burlap lover.....
YIPPY!!!! 
Just in case you thought my house was always immaculate... :)
Where do you hang YOUR stockings?
~tutorial on how to wallpaper your wall with old sheet music is coming up soon.... :) ~
Free Melissa Handbag Purse Sewing Pattern
The Melissa Handbag has been popular for a long time, and since I am no longer selling on my potatoboutique etsy account, I thought it was high time I gave this pattern away free.
YAY!!!
The Melissa is a roomy shoulder bag that is patchy FUN!!!
The knotted handle is comfy soft and all your items are within easy reach.
The interior features one zippered pocket (optional) and a divided patch pocket to make it easy to find your keys, lipstick and cell-phone!
Melissa Handbag in Haute Handbags
The launch of the Melissa Handbag pattern took place in October of 2009 when Haute Handbags Magazine published a fabulous article named "Haute Potato" on CrystelleBoutique potato sack purse. I was so delighted at the time, and honored that they did such a fabulous three page spread on my patterns. And I could not believe the amount of emails I received afterward....!!!
I was just flabbergasted ....Read more about the magazine article right here
Melissa Handbag with Burlap Flowers
The Melissa Handbag is quite easy to make. Easy to play with, easy to alter (into something uniquely yours) and fun and convenient to carry.
This pattern is a great bag for people of all ages: from 5 to 95
It has lots of room, but it does not get cluttered: your items are still easily accessible and right within reach. The Melissa handbag is a fun and practical shoulder bag that is comfortable and handy in every day use.
Make it in different fabrics to match the style of the person carrying it....
Email me a photo of your finished Melissa Handbag, and I will add it to the Show and Tell page.....
Download the Melissa Handbag Pattern PDF file at the bottom of this post. Potato Sack Prep Tricks are also downloadable at the very bottom
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Crystelle Handbags
CrystelleBoutique was formerly known as
Crystelle Handbags
"Home of the Famous Potato Purse"
This was our logo tag back then
Crystelle Boutique
We have a new logo tag: Crystelle Boutique
And she mentions the burlap rose I give away to lots of customers......
I hadn't even gotten around to blogging about that...and I've been doing that for months...
The flower is a rose made out of a burlap strip.
Super cute if worn on your jacket, in your hair, or on your purse.....
You can learn how to make your own burlap rose by visiting short my tutorial-video right here.....
The next ump-teen customers will get a burlap rose with their
potato sack order....Well,
KimboThanks so much for drawing attention to it...You're the best.....!!!!
To make your own burlap rose, just watch the short how-to-video above.
It took me about a year of extensive sewing and experimenting before I discovered some ways to sew with a potato sack and MAKE IT LAST......!!!
I started out trying to sew true vintage potato sacks into modern-day purses.....
Wow! That was a great disappointment, because the "old" jute fivers were just not strong enough to withstand the attention..... I was sooo sad! I thought I had to give up my idea of making potato sack purse. Then it hit me: I should use "new" or gently used potato sacks...!!!!
That made a big difference! The handbags I made were just CUTE and FUN and so different!:)
Melissa Handbag - free sewing pattern
Unfortunately, after some use, they started showing wear.... {Well, it isn't like carrying around a LEATHER purse, or something like that.... But still, I wanted to make improvements....} The individual fibers of the the burlap would get snagged easily, and the purse would loose some of its appeal after just a few months of use. Again, I was so very sad....!
After extensive experimenting and much trial and error, I came up with some methods that make these fibers stand up quite well to normal everyday wear and tear. The tips are all included in a PDF e-book that I now give away free. I strongly encourage you to follow these instructions as I wouldn't want you to be disappointed with your final product not holding up after you have put so much time and effort into making it cute and creative....
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Rachel Handbag - Free Sewing Pattern
Downloadable potato sack prep tips file is above....
Just click on it, and download it to your computer.....
AND....
Please keep me posted on what you are making and have made....
Looking forward to hearing from you!
(and seeing pictures....!!!!)
Have a great potato sack sewing day!
=) Crystelle
