Flap of Friendship I Received & Made into a Purse for Sew Powerful (#31 for 2024)

This is the purse flap I finally received in the mail. The maker of this flap had pneumonia, so she couldn't make it right away. She sewed on a lace butterfly and stitched a decorative topstitching around the flap. (Shhh.... don't tell her that she got the fabric upside down. It is a pretty print and maybe no one else will notice?) I am too observant about such things. That is why I make a good pattern tester as I catch a lot of the goofs in the patterns I test, lol! 

Here is the Flap of Friendship that I received. Such a pretty print in pretty colors.

And here is the completed purse that I made the rest of. Notice I couldn't help myself adding a tiny bit extra to the flap. See a closer look down below.

I chose this pretty pink print for the main body and a bright yellow webbing strap.

Closer look here of what I did to enhance the butterfly just a bit. I colored pink on the center body of the butterfly and added 3 buttons. Drew some antennae and added French knots at the ends. I think it brings your attention a bit more to the butterfly in a subtle way. I hope she doesn't get offended I added this? 

For the lining I chose a green and yellow print that went well with the rest of the fabrics.

Unfortunately, I did not learn anything at all about the person who made this flap, other than the city and state she lives in. The flap maker could fill out an optional form that asked a few questions such as what are your hobbies, how did you first hear about Sew Powerful, etc. But I didn't get any information at all about my new friend. The 2 people I made and sent flaps to, I told them about myself and blabbered on about me, lol! They didn't respond via email or snail mail back to me about themselves, either. And while that was not a requirement or even mentioned as an option, I would have thought something they read about me might make them want to at least make a comment back to me and tell me a bit about them? Well, it kind of feels like I walked into the middle of a movie that was playing and don't know who the characters are. I feel like I was left hanging. I might mention this is the person who organized this event that it was a bit of a let down to not get to know a single thing about the other person, other than where they live. This was after all an event to Make a New Friend.  Well at least 2 people learned a bit about me.

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