I'm Flying High, getting ready for the annual
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2024 by making some hot air balloon purses. I took these to Old Town to sell them at Blue Portal Gift Shop. Any purses that I sell there I will donate the money to
Sew Powerful Purse Project. It takes $10 to fill each purse with the hygiene items that the girls need each month.
I had also taken in a couple of purses with a Kokopelli and batik scraps on the flap a couple months ago. So far, I am happy to report one of the Kokopelli purses sold and one hot air balloon purse sold, although I don't know which one. I am hoping the rest of the purses sell as we get closer to Balloon Fiesta (starts in 44 more days, for 9 days of balloon activities). If they do not sell then some sweet girls in Zambia will be receiving them to use. So it's a win-win either way.
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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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you can't go wrong with hot air balloons, great job and the image makes me happy.
ReplyDeleteWishing you luck that they sell out during the festival.
ReplyDeleteThese are awesome! Love the hot air balloons!!
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