Esmeralda's bag

This bag was completely hand-made with a fabric representing a painting by Patrick Duval, aka Mandalaman. The top of the bag is a giant Jalisco bangle with Yukka flowers dangling from the bottom points and ringlets for a Russian spiral rope at the top points. The Russian spiral has poppy pod stoppers at each end.
You can read the entire making of this bag in 3 episodes on my blog:
http://samohtac.blogspot.com/2013/03/esmeraldas-bag-1-inspiration.html
http://samohtac.blogspot.com/2013/03/esmeraldas-bag-2-in-progress.html
http://samohtac.blogspot.com/2013/03/esmeraldas-bag-3-finished-piece.html