Joana Beaded Evening Bag - Handmade Top Handle Purse

A small black beaded top handle bag, built bead by bead until glossy petals, faceted chips and round beads cover the whole surface. It suits the evening where the outfit is plain and the bag is meant to be the thing people notice, so weddings, birthdays and dinners rather than every day. The handle is a short beaded loop carried in the hand or over the wrist, and a single beaded flower is worked into the point where the handle meets the body. It is made in seven colours, black, blue, brown, red, pink, gold and green, so choose your colour before adding it to the basket. The photographs show the black one. The maker gives the size as medium, 20cm by 7cm. Every bead is threaded by hand, so the packing of the beads and the lie of the petals differ a little from bag to bag. Keep it away from rough fabric and jewellery that can catch the beads, and support it from underneath when it is full.