This is my second purse. It is home dec fabric and lined with a knit which does not fray and stabilized it using the wet liquid goo method. I let it drip outside weighted with clothes pins, an then used a hair dryer. The handle will not last long as it is just Christmas trim, however if handled with a little care will last a couple seasons. Love the pattern, looking forward to the new design without the zipper, because I forgot to move it out of the way and hit it and bad bad bad. thankfully the machine seems OK. .