I finished these bags and got them packed into a large bag to drop off at QuiltCon at the Sew Powerful booth at the show. Icy road conditions and then snow delayed us from going on Thursday, but we got there on Sunday. In the meanwhile, I had finished another 11 purses to take and drop off too, so 66 purses in total were delivered to the Sew Powerful booth at QuiltCon from me. (Will post the remaining 11 purses tomorrow).
More quilt blocks for the flaps from my UFO pile and the rest of the Fortune Cookie quilt blocks made into purse flaps too. I think that is the last of the Fortune Cookie Flaps. These are all the beginner style purses, except the last 2 purses are the beginner flap on the intermediate purse body. After making the intermediate style, I decided I like sewing it much better and it's actually a faster sew for me. But I love the beginner flap for the creative possibilities. So that will be the combination purse I will make from now on.
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| Pinwheel quilt block for the flap. |
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| You couldn't see the cute fabric I used with the flap covering it up, so here it is. This is a Lorelai fabric of teachers. Maybe a girl who wants to be a teacher will choose this purse? Although with the flap down she might not see this fabric until later. |
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| On the back of the purse more teachers. |
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| I still had a bunch of these purple and green bear paw quilt blocks left to make several more purse flaps. |
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| The girls favorite colors are orange and purple. Nothing official as they love all colors, but when asked by someone a few years ago those 2 colors were mentioned most. |
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| On the flap lining I used this pieced fabric I created by sewing pink fabrics together. |
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| Close up of the Fortune Cookie quote on the flap. |
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| The back of the purse I made piecing strips of blues together. I also made the front of the purse sewing strips too. |
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| Close up of Fortune cookie quote. |
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| Close up of Fortune Cookie quote. |
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| This flap was made by using a flower stencil on a white on white printed fabric and fabric paint. Then I quilted it. I hesitated using this as a purse flap with all that white, but because of the other colors throughout the flap, if it did get a bit dirty or stained, it wouldn't be so noticeable. |
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| This flap was a Seminole piece I made and never did anything with, so it became a purse flap. I rather like how this one turned out. The addition of the buttons really helped a lot. |
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| Close up of Fortune Cookie quote on purse flap. |
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| Close up of Fortune Cookie quote on flap. |
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| This purse was also made by sewing strips of blue fabrics together for the front and the back of the purse. |
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| Back of purse with blue strips sewn together. |
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| Close up of Fortune cookie quote on flap. |
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| Close up of Fortune Cookie quote on flap. |
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| Another blue pieced front. |
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| Blue pieced back. |
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| Close up of Fortune Cookie quote on flap. |
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| Blue pieced purse front. |
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| Blue pieced purse back. |
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| 2 more Bear Paw quilt flaps in purple and green. |
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| 2 more Bear Paw purse flaps in purple and green. |
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| 1 Bear Paw purse flap and one purse flap with butterflies. |
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| Purple pieced purse flap and the other purse flap is a Sawtooth Star on point in turquoise and coral colors. |
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| This is the intermediate purse body with the beginner flap. |
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| I used some denim from jeans and a print fabric for the gusset. |
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| On the back I added the short pocket. |
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| Another intermediate body using denim jeans. |
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| I used the front jean pocket on the back of the purse for an added pocket. The back pockets of the jeans I used were larger than the fabric piece needed, so I will use those pockets on something else. |
That's 66 purses delivered this year so far. Pretty darn good considering February isn't even over yet. Finished the last ones on 2-18-22, which I will post the last 11 tomorrow.
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These are so cute, Daryl! I love Lorelei fabrics! Your embellishments are awesome. Please tell me again where you found those handmade buttons and tags. Thanks. I know the girls will love these!
ReplyDeleteyou really outdid yourself, I can't believe what a one women factory you are. If this was a competitive sport you would have won the gold.
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