Silk Velvet Bags

I would like to offer a commentcriticism of the devore' purses I ordered. Because of the way that the zippers are sewn in the ends of the zipper are separated. While this is not a problem at the wide end of the slider it IS a problem at the "far" end. Once these ends begin to unzip it is impossible to get them zipped again even though I think these are supposed to be self-healing zippers.Once I discovered this I have hand stitched a bar-tack at that end to prevent unzipping - something I wish was not necessary.A different order of construction might solve this problem.

This bags dye up really beautifully especially the cut velvet with alter ego. HOWEVER!! Don't expect any heavy duty use from them especially the zippers. You can't over stuff these bags the zipper will split open. So far they've worked again after opening and closing them but I expect they will stop doing that sooner rather than later.

Looked beautiful dyed but a half of them had the zipper break in the dyeing process. Dharma with their great customer service replaced them but frankly it was more trouble than I felt they were worth. I did about 5 or 6 in total so I don't claim to be an expert - but with that break-rate I wasn't patient enough to try. Perhaps a got bad ones... but they weren't ordered all at once.

don't expect these to be an every day use bag. The zippers will not survive. Save them for jewelry gifts or such.

I made many of these bags as Christmas Happies!I made them about 12 yrs ago!Only 2 or 3 had the zipper break on them....But out of 75 that is dang good!The bag I use is still going strong... Starting to unravel and the zipper wants to get out...but I treat it with tender loving care.After reading some of the reviews I sure hope they haven't changed from 12 yrs ago! The main problem seems to be zippers not lasting and can't handle a full bag?I will be buying around 75 again... I sure hope I am not disappointed!I have always been a huge fan of Dharma Trading.... Been a customer for almost 20 yrs.They do their best to make sure ur experience and ordering goes smooth and you are happy!Awesome in today's lack of customer service world!Hoping they have seen the reviews on the bags and know they need to fix the zipper issue.?Happy day!