Thanks Carol for another wild & fun blog hop!
Born to be Wild is this blog hop and I knew right away what I wanted to make. I sew purses for the wonderful organization, Sew Powerful and I send them purses that I make to donate to the girls in Zambia, which helps to keep them in school. You can read all about the Sew Powerful Purse Project here. I hope you will consider making some purses too and you can also join their Facebook group for inspiration and sharing too.
I am also on the design team at Crafter's Edge , so I wanted to be able to incorporate using some die cuts into what I made as well. I chose the 1 1/2" strip die cut and using the Crafter's Edge Crossover II die cutting machine to make quick work of cutting up some strips using up some of my light colored batik scraps. I sewed the strips together in a scrappy way to create a background for one of my purses. Then I appliqued an elephant onto that purse flap. The girls in Zambia tend to love the colors purple and orange over most colors, so I chose those colors for the elephant applique. 
Then, I just had to make this adorable owl for one of my purse flaps. So much fun to use up scraps for this wild cutie.
I wanted to use another couple of die cuts to use on another purse flap, so I created a Moon over the Mountain flap using the largest Equilateral Triangle die cut and a circle die cut that I appliqued to the flap. I echo quilted around this flap. Do you think this fits the wild theme? Maybe it's Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa; although my mountain has a pointed peak. Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest single free-standing mountain in the world. Standing at 19,308 feet above sea level, so that makes Mount Kilimanjaro pretty wild in my book. At any rate, I hope you enjoy seeing the purses that I made and I know 3 girls in Zambia will love receiving and using these purses too.
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| I started with a 5 sided shape in the center and then I used Crafter's Edge 1 1/2" die cut strip cutter to quickly cut out the strips and sew them around the center shape to create the background for the flap. I added the elephant and used a crystal for the eye. There is a butterfly that apparently got placed a bit too high (lesson learned) which you can see better in a photo down below a ways. |
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| Side of the purse I like to add a rivet for making the strap a bit more secure. |
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| The back of the purse showing the fabric better. |
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| I just got my custom labels and can now add these on the underside of the flaps that I make. |
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| Underside of the flap with my new label. |
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| Flap open up to see the butterfly. |
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| I couldn't resist making this owl for one of the purse flaps. |
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| I did the same thing here with the butterfly a bit too high. |
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| Label on the underside of the flap of this purse. |
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| Moon Over Mountain purse flap. I used Crafter Edge largest equilateral triangle for the moon and a circle die cut for the moon. Like I mentioned earlier, this could be Mount Kilimanjaro (although my mountain is a bit too pointy on top). Being the largest free standing mountain in the world makes this pretty wild to me! |
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| Echo quilting. |
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| The front of the purse under the flap I used a blue Bargello-look fabric. |
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| The back of the purse is a Bargello-look print. |
That's my wild contribution to this wild blog hop.
Please stop by the other blogs and see what wild things they each created.
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May 18th
May 19th
Patchouli Moon Studio (that's me)
May 20th
Becky’s Adventures in Quilting and Travel
May 21st
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All super cute purses. Excellent work.
ReplyDeleteWonderful purses, love the animals, love the colors, and all for a great cause!!! Thumbs up for you!!
ReplyDeleteLots of pretties there, and who wouldn't be thrilled to have any of them? I still think the elephant shines out, though, and wish I were better at making bags. The owl on a tilt is ingenious, too.
ReplyDeleteWonderful purses! I think my favourite is the owl, however they are all fantastic.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining this blog hop and sharing your purses and the cause. Those flaps are beautiful including the quilting. I know they will love them. You put a lot of time and energy into them.
ReplyDeleteThe owl looks so quizzical! Love the bargello fabric too.
ReplyDeleteI love your purses, Daryl! The appliques on all 3 of them are wonderful, but I especially like how that owl is kind of cocked sideways on the branch, looking quizzical. :) Thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteYour purses all look great. Such good work you are doing. That owl is just too cute. He’s ducking so he can stay on the front of the purse. So cute!
ReplyDeleteYour bags are all wonderful! I'm sure the Zambian girls will be proud to carry them to school, and beyond.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. Oh but your purses are wonderful. The girls will love them. I dont think your butterfly is too high on the owl purse. The girl can glance down and see the butterfly and part of the owl and smile.
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could not be cuter, these are so adorable. your work should be used on save the wildlife posters. the elephant is so fun and you have made me fall in love with your adorable owls even though i had a bad encounter with a real one.
ReplyDeletei can see you are having fun with your new sewing tool.
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You definitely met the challenge with these three beautiful purses. That owl is so cute! Such a great cause to donate your amazing purses to and I'm sure they are loved. Thank you for sharing, Daryl!
ReplyDeleteYour purses are wonderful. What a creative way to use the circle and triangle dies. I think the mountain one is my favorite! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteDaryl, these purses are just amazing!! I love how you used the strip cutter for the flap for the elephant. And I really love the owl. My granddaughter loves owls too! Great job. Thanks for sharing and for caring as well, my friend!
ReplyDeleteOh Daryl, not only are these so darn cute, but the special message on them will bring so much joy to the girls in Zambia. What a beautiful labor of love!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful bags! The owl is my favorite. I love his colors. I am sure the girls will love these school totes. What a great service you are providing.
ReplyDeleteThe elephant and owl are very cute bags! So thoughtful!
ReplyDeleteWhoever receives these will be thrilled!
ReplyDeleteYou are so generous to make and give away these bags. The elephant and owl (so wild) are excellent. The very best part is the addition of the "You are beautiful." tags. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteAwesome bags well done
ReplyDeletethese purses are AWESOME! I want the owl one!!
ReplyDeleteBTw I think we have the same white brick design wall :)
These bags are beautiful and will be well loved for sure!
ReplyDeleteI’d carry those purses with pride.
ReplyDeleteI love them all! The owl, the elephant and the moon over the mountain!
ReplyDeleteWow Daryl, your bags are AMAZING! Love them all.
ReplyDeleteGreat bags! I'm sure that they will loved and used. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThese bags are perfectly wild! You are a master!
ReplyDeleteTheses bags are just sew stinking cute! Thanks for sharing. 😉
ReplyDeleteAwesome bags. Love the fabrics you used also.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful bags, the owl is so cute. What I love most though is your tag.
ReplyDeleteOh wow!! Your purses are so cute! xx
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