Handmade Quilts~Bags~Knits & More
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| The pocket has a shabby chic look to it with the worn bits. |
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| I added an appliqué that I fussy cut out from some fabric with large motifs that all looked like appliqué. (I used lots of the other motifs from this fabric print as appliqué on several more purses I have made, the larger motifs I used on flaps, so be looking for those to be posted as I finish them).😉 |
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| The back side has the front jeans pocket. |
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| The front of the purse has a front pocket. I chose corduroy to make the exterior of the purse. |
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| The back of the purse I added a slip pocket and apparently several pieces of lint too. 😂😄😆 |
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| The purse on the left I added a flower applique with selvage center. The purse on the right was made with raw edge denim scraps that I zigzagged around the edges and then quilted it before adding the appliqué flower and hearts. Very Shabby Chic. |
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| On the back I used a front pocket on one purse and a back pocket on the other purse, and of course another appliqué flower too. |
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| Here are the first 3 purses. I like how each purse flap shows the sailboats a bit differently from the print. |
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| Backside with pockets. I used 2 denim back pockets from jeans and the other pocket is an added slip pocket. |
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| 3 more purses. |
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| Flaps up to show the front of the purses that have slip pockets. |
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| She likes purple, pink, turquoise, so I chose these batiks. This is the front of the bag showing some of the prints. I set the fabrics in a diagonal, so they don't all show on each side. |
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| This is the back of the bag. I think I should have straightened the photo as it looks like it is tilting to the right. The zipper is straight, but photo make is look like it is leaning right. I added a vinyl zipper overlay to this zipper, which I didn't do on the first bag I made. |
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| Inside the zipper pocket. I thought this fabric made a pretty lining. |
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| One side view. |
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| The other side view. |
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| Inside is a divided slip pocket with pen pocket. I had forgotten to add the magnetic snap, so I had the sew on kind and sewed it on. Good to have those snaps on hand just in case. I guess my label by the snap wasn't placed exactly centered 😜. Too late now. That's a first! |
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| Pen pocket and 2 other pockets. |
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| I included a little wallet and a medium size Portable Pocket too. |
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| Portable Pocket and Little Wallet. |
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| This purse I used a batik for the body that you see peeking out at the bottom here. I took more photos, but they turned out too out of focus, so I just have this photo. Only the flap on this one is scrappy. |
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| This purse is completely scrappy on the exterior, except I use one fabric for the gusset. |
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| The front of the purse is made from scrappy batik fabrics. |
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| Side view shows the gusset fabric, which is the same fabric I used for the exterior body of the first purse that only has a scrappy flap. |
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| The back is scrappy and so is the back pocket. The pocket is quilted because this piece was something I pieced and quilted years ago to make into a zipper pouch and never did, so it now is a pocket instead. That worked out well to use that little quilted piece as a pocket. What do you think of the all scrappy made purse? Love it? Or is it just a bit too much scrappy? I will post this on the Sew Powerful Purse Project Facebook page and see if they like all scrappy or just flap scrappy. Either way it is scrappy happy, or happy scrappy 😁. |
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| I love the fabric with hot air balloons in this print. |
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| Front with pocket. |
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| Side of purse. |
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| Back of purse with a slip pocket too. |
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| 3 more purses that I fussy cut the balloons from some fabric scraps and appliquéd them on to the purses flaps. Batik fabric scraps sewn before the appliqué was added. |
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| Same fabric for the purses and all have pockets on the back too. |
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