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author: 1
caption: "An example Hortensia made by the designer"
date: "2021-02-13"
intro: "I'm happy to announce the immeadiate availability of our latest FreeSewing pattern: the Hortensia handbag ."
title: "Say hi to our latest pattern: The Hortensia handbag"
---


I'm happy to announce the immeadiate availability of our latest FreeSewing pattern: [the Hortensia handbag](/designs/hortensia/).

Hortensia's origin story traces back to [@stoffsuchti](https://twitter.com/stoffsuchti) who wanted
to create a pattern for a handbag, and was looking for somebody who could implement that design in code.

It was [Wouter](https://github.com/woutervdub) who answered the call and implemented the pattern,
making this another success story from the FreeSewing community.

## No measurements needed

This is the first pattern on FreeSewing that does not require any measurements to make.
There's some options you can choose — to control the size of the handbag for one thing — but 
since this is a handbag, no measurements are needed.

This makes Hortensia a great project to make as a gift, since there's no need to worry about fit.

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##### Now show us yours

If you do make a Hortensia, do [send us pictures](https://discord.freesewing.org/).

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