I had a lovely bride contact me about making her a set of bridesmaid clutches similar to the pink clutch below: (sorry for the blurry pic, my photos before a certain date aren't available anymore)
The above clutch uses a fun polyester sari-inspired design. It was discontinued shortly after I made the purse. I have really bad luck with using unique fabrics that end up being discontinued! I suggested that we look for actual purple and gold saris, and quickly found the perfect sari being sold on Etsy. Several weeks later, once I sent back the wrong sari and received the correct one, I have finished the purses.
The inside is a gold satin. You'll notice a tag on the inside of the flap; the bride wanted a personalized note that was beyond the capability of my embroidery machine, so we found a shop on Etsy that does very affordable personalized embroidery tags. I attached them to the inside flap.
I love working with brides or anyone interested in custom orders! Our combined ideas are much better than the ones I come up with myself. I may not have come up with the idea of buying an actual sari before she requested these purses. And didn't they turn out great!
