Swatches Become a Hacked Chanel-Style Designer Purse It started out as an order of fabric swatches from Linton Tweeds; Linton has been associated with the House of Chanel since the 1920s. Why I needed samples when the real deal has been in my fabric stash since a 1997 trip to Carlisle, England???? Looooong story. Then a Fiftieth Birthday required an …