Six more purses made for
Sew Powerful. Lots of different kinds of upcycling in these purses! I really love upcycling as it keeps stuff out of the landfill and it becomes something useful again in a different form.
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| Years ago when I went to the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show (in Sisters, Oregon), I also went to Black Butte Ranch (which is a short drive from Sisters) to see the outdoor quilt show on Friday at Black Butte Ranch. Another quilt group usually puts on their show the day before the big Sisters Quilt Show. This quilt group usually has their members make something to sell each year as their little fundraiser, and the year I went they were selling towels (maybe potholders too, I cannot remember for sure). I was attracted to the blue cotton towel with the butterfly embroidery on it. I do not have an embroidery machine and I thought this was a very pretty embroidery, so I bought the towel. Husband didn't like it for a towel in the kitchen, so I kept it for years, not really knowing what to do with it. Then I found it recently and thought what a great purse it would make! I had enough of the towel to make the entire purse out of (except the strap, which I used webbing). It was meant to be a purse!!! The selvage one on the right has a black denim jeans body. |
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| Towel material and upcycled black denim jeans. |
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| The purse on the left is made with the blue towel material and the purse on the right is upcycled black denim jeans. |
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| These 2 flaps were made from a couple of tank tops that my daughter bought in Maui several years ago when she was there. I found them in her giveaway pile, and immediately thought they would make fun purse flaps! I added some crystals to both the flaps if you look closely. On the flower on the left purse and between the Aloha name on the right purse. Girls love a bit of bling and the crystals sparkle in the sunshine. |
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| Upcycled denim jeans for the purse bodies. |
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| The back for the purses. Each are upcycled denim jeans and I appliquéd the back side of the tank tops designs on the back of the purses. |
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| The purse on the left I made using a tiny canvas bag from the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, that I cut the print from the front of the tiny bag off and pieced around it. That was also the poster image of the quilt show from several years ago. (It is the annual quilt show in Sisters, Oregon). I sewed 2 ribbons on each side and 2 different Renaissance Ribbons on top and bottom and then some batik scraps too. The flap on the right was painted with textures and added appliqué in the corner was from a tie dyed tank top I have been cutting up for appliqué shapes for the purses. I added some decorative machine stitches, buttons, crystals, hand French knots too. |
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| Left is cotton fabric, the right is a wool or wool blend suiting fabric. The wool or blend (not sure as it was donated to me) is a lovely fabric with a nice feel to it and makes a sturdy purse. I made some others in the wool or blend fabric I will share soon too. I wish I had more of that fabric as it is really nice! |
Purse backs. Left is cotton fabric, the right is a wool or wool blend suiting fabric.
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