Sew Powerful Purses #90-91 (2025)

Several years ago I made about a dozen little appliqué houses that I was going to make into a wall quilt. I didn't quite finish all the houses, but I found them and decided to finish adding the embroidery on the ones that needed it and then instead of making the houses into a quilt, I started making them into purses to donate to Sew Powerful instead. I got all the flaps made and completed these 2 purses. I will be cutting out fabric to complete the rest of them soon.

I first stitched the house block onto a square set on point and then sewed batik scraps around it until I had the purse flap size I needed. I knew the houses would look better with scraps angled around it. I upcycled some black denim jeans for the purse bodies for these 2 purses. 

Little buttons are the doorknobs.

Front pockets from the jeans give an extra pocket in the front.

Instant pockets using the back pockets from the jeans.

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