Sew Powerful Purses #8-29 (2024)

Good Morning Lovelies! Last year on the freebie table at a group I belong to, I found this lightweight canvas print material (brown, green, orange, lilac & bright pink). I wasn't wild about the brown color, but I liked the other brighter colors in this print and the material was very sturdy for making the purses, so I took it and I was able to make 21 purses in the Intermediate style purse, but with the Beginner flap. I used a bit of the scraps leftover in each flap and then added other prints of those brighter colors to make these Happy Scrappy Flappies pop and shine! Got them done and photographed outside yesterday morning before the winds started to blow! Just the minute I was done, here came the winds and they haven't stopped blowing yet. March & April here in NM is our windy season and they have arrived a bit early this year. So trying to get good photos outdoors will be challenging. The first photo is the back side of one purse showing the print I used in all the purses. I stitched a few of the webbing straps with decorative stitches. I stitched a few of the buttons with little flowers too. On to the 21 purses made using this print, plus one Tiger purse too!

Here is the back side of the purse with the print I mentioned. All the purses look the same on the back.

#8-10

#11-12

#13-15

#16-17

#18-20

#21-22

#23-25

Close up of 3 buttons. That top left button was an unusual button with the holes going around in a circle. It was part of a bag of buttons and apparently the only one. I sure like it.

Extra large button that I sewed on making a flower using French knots.

Decorative stitch on webbing strap.

Decorative stitch on webbing strap.

Decorative stitch on webbing strap.

Decorative stitch on webbing strap.

Decorative stitch on webbing strap.

#26-27

#28

#29

Back of Tiger purse above, with a back pocket.

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