Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Sew Powerful Purse #1 (for 2025)

This is my first finished purse this year (2025) to donate to the Sew Powerful Purse Project. I used my circular attachment on my sewing machine to create the decorative stitched circles, or partial circles for this flap. It's so fun to play! I added some embroidered flower appliqué trim flowers and even made French knots by hand on stitch that looks like an asterisk. It sure jazzed up this plain purple fabric. 

I may set this purse aside and use it for the Picture Your Purse fundraiser campaign. I joined in last year (the first time they did this), where you make a purse and later send it to one of the people going on the trip to Zambia (which will be this May) and they find a girl to give your purse to and take a photo of them holding your purse. Later you receive an 8"x 10" color photo of the girl holding the purse that you made and they tell you the first name of the girl too. That connection makes it more real to be able to see one girl with a purse that you made. Since I cannot go to Zambia myself, this is the next best thing. 

Decorative stitching on flap
Decorative stitches done in a circle.

Under flap
Front pocket under the flap. I love this fabric. Has metallic dots and what looks like paint brushed metallic too over the pretty fabric print.

back view
The back pocket and the entire flap shown here. The top 2 inches or so of the flap folds to the back and isn't seen, but here you can see that orange was a full circle that was stitched.
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