Saving my (thrifty) Hungarian bag

Hi everyone!

I'm so excited to be a part of Refashion Co-Op. I'm Glenda from Perth, Western Australia. I have passion for refashion since college, slowly teaching myself sewing simple clothing/refashioning by hand until my husband bought me a brand new sewing machine as Mother's Day gift on 2010 and I become addicted to sewing eversince.

So far I have made clothes for my self and my daughter (mostly refashion), bags, bedding and home decor, also mending my husband's clothes. I also love thrift shops where I can find great vintage item or fab material for refashion.

Here's my latest project, saving my dying thrifty Hungarian Bag, purchased on a flea market for 60 cent on 2000. The labels sewn inside says "Made in Hungary", "Hand Embroidery" and "55%wool 45% cotton". Even the labels was handwritten! I don't have picture of the original bag, but it was something that looked like this :

I got bored with tote bag and on 2004 I change it to a sling bag with cotton webbing strap. But the bag looked uneven due to stretchy woolen material the bag was pulled to the north a bit and the bag never seen the day again.

Until last week, I was tidying up (switching our summer clothes to winter clothes) and I saw this poor old thing. A bit snip in here and stitch in there, I got a brand new bag which I really really love. I can wear it as shoulder bag or sling bag.

The complete Tale of the (thrifty) Hungarian Bag can be read here.