In February 2018, I decided to start to create a purse for the upcoming birthday of my good friend Heidi in June. She loves toile fabric, prefers blue toile, and I found an out of print Disney toile print. Her favorite character is Eeyore. I was so lucky to find a few yards on eBay. I had to “fussy” cut the Eeyore fabric so Eeyore was centered on the purse sides. Large panel of Eeyore toile next to deconstructed bottom of Anne Klein briefcase showing silver feet., above. Close up of Eeyore motif, above. Side of purse with temporary placement of Anne Klein navy patent leather handles. Navy patent leather handles before removal, above. Close up of Anne Klein hardware, above. My favorite go-to is Goodwill for purse hardware. I was able to locate an Anne Klein nylon navy briefcase with navy patent leather handles that looked great next to my toile. I then purchased a .pdf satchel purse pattern from Etsy. Deconstructing the nylon briefcase rendered some great surprises. Ther was