Hand Made Blue Cellophane Bag

I bought some vintage straw/cellophane, it was a large flat braid & I didn't really know what I wanted to do with it so I just put it aside for awhile. OK, so it was for a few years, BUT I finally found a good use for it-a small clutch! I used a book as the template, just wrapped the straw around it, then I hand stitched it together-I soon discovered that I had to use large running stitches or else the cellophane would split. I lined it with a dark blue taffeta, you can easily see the running stitches attaching it to the straw. I embroidered 2 patch pockets, 1 with a star, & sewed the top edge using a decorative stitch.