Monday, September 14, 2026

Sew Powerful Purses #344-350 for 2026

7 more purses finished for the Sew Powerful Sew-a-thon.

Sunflower appliqué.

Denim scraps flap that I quilted and added an appliqué flower.

Seminnole pieced flaps with decorative stitching.

Seminole pieced flaps with decorative stitching.

Bountiful Basket quilt block flap.

Please donate in my honor for the Sew-a-thon. Click here and then choose the amount to donate. $10 fills one purse to keep one girl in school. Thank you so much for your support!🤗
Use this QR code to donate to the Fundraiser during the month of September or the link above. Thanks so much! 🤗

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Sunday, September 13, 2026

Patchouli Moon Studio~ Sew Powerful Purses #322-342 for 2026

22 more purses finished! Pineapple quilt block flaps, scrappy pieced flaps, and one all ribbon sewn flap.

pineapple quilt block flaps
Pineapple quilt block flaps.




Scrappy squares on left and bear paw quilt piees with scraps on right.







Flap on left is made using entirely ribbons and sewn with machine decorative stitches. That star I added is a glow-in-the-dark star. I punched a hole in the star and stitched it on. It really glows bright in the dark.


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Saturday, September 12, 2026

Sew Powerful Purses #317-321 for 2026

Another 5 purses finished for the Sew-a-thon.

These 2 and the one below are from the Bountiful Baskets quilt pattern.


2 scrappy pieced flaps.

I am so close to my fundraising goal, just $200 more to make my goal. Won't you help me achieve my goal? Pretty please with sugar on top?
Please donate in my honor for the Sew-a-thon. Click here and then choose the amount to donate. $10 fills one purse to keep one girl in school. Thank you so much for your support!🤗
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Friday, September 11, 2026

Sew Powerful Purses #304-316 for 2026

13 more purses finished! Pineapple flaps, African panels, flower appliqué, upcycled denim jeans and a Starbucks apron!

Pineapple quilt blocks for flaps, paired with upcycled denim jeans.

Decorative machine stitches, appliqué flowers and upcycled denim jeans.

African panel postage stamps.

flap lining
Flpa lining and purse body is made from upcycled Starbucks apron. See the front pocket? It is one pocket from the apron. 

Purse bodies are made from an upcycled Starbucks apron.




Another pineapple block flap.
Please donate in my honor for the Sew-a-thon. Click here and then choose the amount to donate. $10 fills one purse to keep one girl in school. Thank you so much for your support!🤗
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Saturday, September 5, 2026

Sew Powerful Purses #295-303 for 2026

These 9 purses I completed during the Sew-a-thon for Sew Powerful Purse Project during this month of September; my goal is 180 purses. As you can see by the title, I have made over 300 purses this year already.

Large flower appliqués with extra large buttons in the center and scrappy piecing on flap. Somehow I accidently swapped the gussets on these, oops! But they still look fine and by the time I realised it, well I wasn't going to rip out half the purse and the girls won't know, so it's a design choice, right?😉


Scrappy pieced with machine decorative stitches and rickrack and yarn couching.

Upcycled denim jeans made into purses. The purse on the left I kept one belt loop in tact. Not sure why? But after I made the purse, I needed to tack the loop down and I found a charm from a charm bracelet my daughter didn't want anymore, so I sewed the charm on the loop and tacked it down. I have a lot of other charms that I will use up in more purses now, maybe on the flap next time.

These were from 16 quilt blocks I made into a double-sided mobile and took apart when I had no place to hang it anymore. I made 16 blocks in all and and working on making 16 purses from the blocks. The pattern is called Bountiful Baskets from P3 Designs. It is a quilt of all 50 state flowers in baskets.

Scrappy pieced with machine decorative stitches.



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Friday, September 4, 2026

Sew Powerful Purses #289 -294 for 2026

These are 6 of the purses I made so far in September for the annual Sew-a-thon and fundraiser for Sew Powerful. My goal is to make 180 purses this month.

This is a Sue Spargo appliqué die cut I used on this flap. Sue Spargo is one of the Sew-a-thon sponsors this year for the Sew Powerful fundraiser. If I am lucky, I could win something from Sue if my name is chosen as a winner. I made the purse with upcycled denim jeans. The flap is made from scraps of denim first, that I placed tulle on top and then quilted it. I added the bird over that and stitched it in place.

I had made these flowers in baskets years ago and made them into a double-sided mobile. But I had no place to hang the mobile anymore, so I took the blocks apart and made them all into purse flaps, so you will be seeing the other flowers in baskets as I finish them into purses.

More of the African countries postage stamps panels I made into flaps, including the Kenya one down below.



Please donate in my honor for the Sew-a-thon. Click here and then choose the amount to donate. $10 fills one purse to keep one girl in school. Thank you so much for your support!🤗
Use this QR code to donate to the Fundraiser during the month of September or the link below. Thanks so much! 🤗


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