As some of you may know Evelyn was my very first published bag pattern! Well….that was some time ago now so I thought it would be FUN to go back and look at where it all began and see if I can make some improvements…and I did!
I am really happy to now bring you my NEW and IMPROVED version of Evelyn! Apart from new step by step photographs, I have re-visited the construction and, among a few other improvements, Evelyn now has a new and improved method of attaching the flap!
Here are some new pics – The first of which is made from gorgeous Asian Peony by Punch Studio for Hoffman Fabrics. This goregous fabric comes from my Sponsor, The Fat Quarter Shop. Please DO stop by and visit them…..their fabric range is awesome and for all you Aussies out there, their shipping times to Australia is just as awesome! I’m not just saying these things because they’re my sponsor either…..they truely are FAB! 🙂

Here’s an interior view:

It was really FUN re-making Evelyn….I also made one up using a colourful FUN Chevron print:

Inside:

Of course, since I made changes and improvements, I had to have the pattern re-tested so I called in a couple of my ACE tester extraordinairs to test for me…….Marilyn has made several Evelyn’s already….so I wanted to see what SHE thought of the new version, being an expert on them and all! Here is Marilyns version:

…..and here’s a view of the back:

Just look at her awsome interior:

So what did Marilyn think of the new version of Evelyn? Here’s what she said to me:
“I think it is so much
better than the original which I thought was pretty great (I did make 5 of
them)!”
Phew! After all that work, that was a RELIEF! LOLLL
Of course….I also wanted someone ‘new’ to Evelyn to test it as well…so I called on Robin and she made this gorgeous version:

So cheery, dont you think? Side view:

Another View:

Robin just recently took the plunge and started a new blog and I am sure she would love it if you popped over and left her a comment! 🙂
So here’s the GOOD News!
a) If you previously purchased Evelyn and would like a copy of the new inproved version, simply email me with the approximate date of purchase and the email address you used to buy so I can find you in my system and I will send you the new copy for FREE!
and b) I am giving away 3 copies of Evelyn with up to 5 chances to win! just enter via Rafflecopter below!
Can’t wait? You can also buy the pattern in my shop! Here’s the deal – Buy the pattern now, enter the giveaway and if you win, I will refund the money back to your Paypal account! How cool is that? LOL
Don’t forget to check out The Fat Quarter Shop if you haven’t already done so for some great fabric to plump up your stash! 🙂
I purchased it on Jun 17, 2011 I think. Would love the updated version.
I signed up to follow you on BlogLovin’. I usually read your blog through The Old Reader, though – now it is covered both ways.
I am a newsletter subscriber and I pinned the image in the Peony fabric ( http://pinterest.com/pin/243616661066159180/ ). Thanks for the chance to win!
I signed up for your newsletter and entered the Evelyn contest. Hope I win!
I subscribe to your newsletter
I am a subscriber to your newsletter
I have subscribed to receive your news! I think I have anyway – it’s for new releases?
I signed up back when I bought Bella and Olivia- love them! Think I may buy Evelyn now and cross fingers for the refund, hee hee 🙂
I’m a huge fan, I get your newsletter, and I purchased Evelyn on Dec. 9, 2011 and LOVE it. So I’m excited to see how you could have made it better.
pinned!
http://pinterest.com/pin/102175485269199321/
signed up for newsletter
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Hi Chris I love the purse, I have pinned it.
Oh lovely.. Dec 8th 🙂
I’m subscribed to your newsletter. I love the Evelyn!!!Woul’ve loved to test it but I’m pretty busy. The chevron version is my favorite. I’ll get it when I’m ready to make it.
Of course I follow you and Bloglovin was my choice to do so.
I couldn’t decide which version to pin so I pinned three versions of the new updated Evelyn: https://pinterest.com/pin/43065740159804779/
https://pinterest.com/pin/43065740159804780/
https://pinterest.com/pin/43065740159804782
I now follow you on Bloglovin:)
I posted on Pinterest – http://pinterest.com/pin/260997740878015713/
I love your first one Christine. That fabric makes the bag look so classy and your two testers also did a fantastic job. I can’t wait to make it.
I am already get the newsletter, I also pinned a pic at (http://pinterest.com/pin/71916925272667849/) Did all but the blog one cause I don’t really do that. Would love to win one. Great bags
I’m following on Bloglovin’ and I pinned here: http://pinterest.com/pin/272819689899791280/
It’s such a lovely bag!
I’m already on the newsletter, I LOVE your purse designs and even coerced an Australian friend to mail me the latest issue of Homespun so I could try out the pattern you published in there! I have been making purses for a few years now, but I haven’t had the courage to add in the extra hardware to make it look as finished as yours do!
I follow you via Netvibes.
pinned this cutie here…Thank You!!! http://pinterest.com/pin/190840102932643886/
I sub to your newsletter 🙂 Thank You!!!
happily following you now on Bloglovin 🙂 Thank You!!!
I subscribed to your newsletter, was already a fan on FB, and also pinned http://pinterest.com/pin/159244536797004343/ to my pinterest board.
Would absolutely love to win! Love your designs 🙂
also ‘liked’ the Fat Quarter group page! lol
Hello, I absolutely LOVE this bag. I have pinned the Marilyn version on Pinterest (http://pinterest.com/pin/234046511858043455/) and subscribed to your newsletter as well. Thank you for the chance to win this amazing pattern
I get your newsletter and follow you with bloglovin!
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I already get your newsletter
I follow you using bloglovin.
Those versions are great! My daughter is interested in this pattern, and she’ll appreciate seeing all the different fabrics and variations. I was excited to see what the testers did with the hardware, and I liked what they chose to do. I thought Robin’s Evelyn was especially ingenious with the hardware that she chose. I never would have thought to use the half-rings in the way she did.
It’s so much fun to see all the versions–they all turned out so well!
I am using BlogLovin exclusively and of course I added you when I switched over.
I pinned the new and improved version. http://pinterest.com/pin/9499849187124119/
Great! I need the update 🙂
I have already signed up for your newsleter & I pinned here
http://pinterest.com/pin/179792210097074371/ .
Now a bloglovin’ follower too 🙂 Good luck everyone! xxK
I already follow you via bloglovin! 🙂
I’m already subscribed to your newsletter! 🙂
I receive your newsletter as email.
I subscribe to the newsletter!
Following on Bloglovin!!!
Pinterest pin: http://pinterest.com/pin/38702878020872143/
http://pinterest.com/pin/215469163394938945/ PINNED IT!! 🙂
I very happily get your newsletter in my email.
I’m already a subscriber. Thanks for the giveaway!
Pinned it! http://pinterest.com/pin/70016969179680684/
I subscribe to your newsletter
Love the updated version.
I pinned it – http://pinterest.com/pin/44050902578324125/
I am already a fan on FB and follow the fat quarter shop too, as well as subscribe to your newsletter.
I follow on bloglovin and get your newsletter
I follow you on BlogLovin’.
I signed up for your newsletter.
I pinned the first Evelyn shown here on my Pinterest Board. I have an Aunt Evelyn, so maybe I’ll be lucky and win? Lol
Love this bag pattern and have just filled in the Rafflecopter form.
Pinterest link is http://pinterest.com/solstitches/bag-patterns/
I have to admit I get very confused by Rafflecopter so am not sure if my entry went or not………….
However, I do get the newsletter, follow with Bloglovin and like on FB
Margaret
Hi,
Just letting you know that I am a subscriber to your blog
Thanks for the chance to win. I would love to !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Carolyn
I am a blog subscriber and love this bag. Thanks for a chance to win.
I’m subscribed to your newsletter. Love the Evelyn bag. THANKS
Pinned on Pinterest —- http://pinterest.com/pin/227994799858595511/
Hi Christine. It’s Dawne from Thought Of It on Etsy. You know how much I love your bags!! I have 4 of them right now and can’t wait to buy the rest and waiting on the mail to deliver the hardware to get started on the Kiss Clutch. I never win anything, but I decided I’d give it a shot anyway 🙂 I did sign up for your newsletter using my email and pinned the Abigail bag under Purses and More:
http://pinterest.com/pin/111816003221511551/
I can’t wait to see what other new bags you come up with! I’ve already got the Dawn to Dusk backpack in my favorites, waiting to be bought right along with the others I don’t have yet. Keep up the awesome work!!
Oops! I meant to give the Pin for Evelyn, not Abigail. It’s been a long day 🙂
http://pinterest.com/pin/111816003221512304/
Hi I follow you using bloglovin and also subscribe to your newsletter.
Lovely bag!
I get the newsletter ksmith8@emich.edu
I pinned here: http://pinterest.com/pin/109564203407354121/
I follow you on bloglovin, although I use feedly now. I tried both and prefer it, so I follow you using feedly too!
I pinned here http://pinterest.com/pin/144889312984890235/ 🙂
I pinned here: http://pinterest.com/pin/106608716152112480/
found you through Sew Many Ways – I now subscribe to your newsletter as well as following you through Blog Lovin’
I subscribed to your newsletter and am following on Bloglovin’.
Cute cute cute bag. Would love to win!!!!!
I love this bag and would love to win this pattern! Thanks for sharing the different versions. I pinned (http://pinterest.com/pin/158963061820403056/))
I subscribed to your newsletter. Adorable bag! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Now following on Bloglovin
Pinned to Pinterest. http://pinterest.com/pin/545498573585865998/
Signed up on Bloglovin. Love the bag!
Thanks heaps! I will put it to good use.