6 Feb 4

Manek Purse & Shoes

I made a frame clutch purse to go with the kasut manek I did weeks ago.

The time I took to complete this purse was greater than the shoes. It took me about 3 weeks to complete it. Just imagine sewing tiny beads one by one to the cross-stitch canvas, and there are thousands of them.

In order to make the purse look more girlie, I added some yo-yo flowers onto it. The yo-yo flowers are made by using Clover quick Yo-yo flower maker.These Yo-yo flowers are easy to make, just follow the instructions which come with the tool. Basically it consists of two pieces of plastic parts, a tray and a disc. Fit the disc into the tray, sandwiching a piece of fabric between the two pieces. Sew according to the instruction, remove the tray and disc, pull the string and gather up the fabric to form a flower, tie the string and stitch into the bag. That’s it, pretty easy to make a beautiful flower in just a couple of minutes. May be I should demostrate it in my future tutorial section. The method to make the leaf is even easier than the flower, just fold a round piece of fabric into quarter fold and stitch the end side of it, pull the string and gather the fabric, taadaa… a leaf is formed.

Upon finishing all parts for the purse, it is time to join them up to assemble a cute purse. I did mention the method to make a Frame Clutch Handbag in my previous post, please click here to go there.
I hope the instructions aren’t too confusing. Please leave some comments and questions should you have any, I would love to share as much as possible. I hope I have inspired my readers to get into crafting!!!

***Update***
I developed a step by step tutorial for manek shoes beading:

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  1. bunzi says:February 12, 2009 at 7:26 am

    the flowers look very nice and the leaf too. :D

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  2. Joanne says:February 13, 2009 at 1:26 pm

    Love the beadwork – so intricate!

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  3. Craftpassion says:March 3, 2009 at 3:45 pm

    I am just wonder if this kind of craft popular in your country?

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  4. meelee says:November 21, 2009 at 11:24 am

    Hi, just wondering where can i buy your beautifuul kasut manek & your beautiful purse. I’m fr Penang but no longer live in Malaysia, please tell me is there a possibilities for me to buy your beautiful things that i admire a lot. Thanks&regards

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