Sew Powerful Purse #99 for 2026

This purse was a combined effort of Donna WM & myself. Donna made the purse flap and sent it to me and I sent her a purse flap that I made. Donna finished the purse using the flap I made and I finished the purse using the flap that she made. So I am counting this as one purse, since I made the purse body and the flap for hers and together that equals one purse.

Donna made the flap and I used a polka dot vinyl to make the purse body & strap. The vinyl matches well with the lining she used below.

Donna used this lining fabric for the flap lining and it reminded me of the polka dot vinyl I had, so I decided to use that vinyl for the purse body.

I made the patchwork flap and Donna completed the rest of the purse.

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Sew Powerful Purse #95-98 for 2026

Four more purses to donate to Sew Powerful Purse Project.

Scrappy pieced with a fussy cut heart appliquéd to center.

Another flap like the 2 above, but with a flower instead of a heart in the center.

Zentangle flap. I drew the Zentangle over a fabric that I colored first. I did this Zentangle so long ago, before turning in it into a purse flap, that I do not recall if I used paint or crayons to color the white fabric? Being the color is light, I would guess it was crayon, which makes me want to experiment with more crayon on flaps now 😄. It has also been a long time since I did any Zentangles on fabric, so I might be playing with those again too.

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Sew Powerful Purses #91-94 for 2026

Four scrappy pieced fabric purse flaps. One has appliqué added over the piecing. Donating to Sew Powerful Purse Project.

Batik fabrics scraps on both flaps.

The purse flap on the right was neutral fabrics pieced together and then I added the appliqué leaves and butterfly I fussy cut from a fabric, using Mod Podge fabric formula. 

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Sew Powerful Purses #88-90 for 2026

Sunflower flaps for 3 purses. Two flaps are scrappy pieced with the sunflower appliqués and one has a painted texture background with a sunflower appliqué. I do love sunflowers!!!

Donating to Sew Powerful Purse Project.

I added some crystals all around the sunflower petals on this one.

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Sew Powerful Purse #85-87 for 2026

3 Scrappy pieced flaps with flower appliqué from that rainbow tank top I have been upcycling to make flower appliqués for the purse flaps. All flowers were die cut. All have the same orange and red Japanese print fabric for the body of the purses.

Donating to Sew Powerful Purse Project.

Perfect purse for Spring and Saint Patrick's Day with all the green prints.

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Sew Powerful Purses #83-84 for 2026

I rarely use a fabric for a flap as is, because I love to piece, appliqué, paint, use decorative machine stitches, stencil and more for the flaps I make, but I thought I would make 2 purses with this print as it was so pretty. I had several other panels that were different on this same panel yardage that I decided to use for flap linings. The fabric has a silky feel and is a bit shiny.

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Sew Powerful Purse #82 for 2026

Texture painted background with added appliqué hearts and a fussy cut dress form from fabric I appliquéd too. Donating to Sew Powerful Purse Project.  

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