This purple suede bag is super soft, as is the cotton fringe edging. The raven took about a week to make on a loom because there are glass seed beads & sterling silver bugle beads--the difference in sizes made for just a little difficulty but it was worth it The bag has gussets to make it roomy enough to carry all your essentials-nice change of pace from lugging around a big heavy purse. The bag itself is 8" wide X 7" length (16" with fringe). Wear it over shoulder, cross body or fanny style for hands free movement--all of this easy to do with a 60" soft cotton strap/belt.