Sew Powerful Purses #106-110 for 2026

5 more purses finished. Donating to Sew Powerful Purse Project. These were all made using denim jean scraps leftover from making upcycled denim jean purses. I placed a black tulle over the denim scraps and quilted it to hold it together and cut out the various purse pieces needed to make the purse. I added appliqué on the flaps and stitched with a blanket stitch around each appliqué piece. The second purse was stitched with decorative stitches without tulle on the flap, but all purse pieces do have the tulle overlay.

Decorative stitches and no tulle overlay on the flap.

This was a fabric postcard I made many years ago, so I decided to add it to this flap.

Hope is a die cut. 

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Pink Scrappy String Quilt with Appliqué Flannel Bear

I love scrappy quilts and string quilts are one of my favorite types of scrappy quilts. When I make quilts to donate to a child, I like to add a touch of appliqué to the quilt to make it more kid friendly and cuddly. I also use flannel for the quilt backing for softness and cuddly comfort too. I love the color pink, so this quilt looks great to me in all its pinkness 😂. Pink is a calming color too, so whoever receives this quilt, I hope they love it! 

I donated this quilt and 7 other quilts to Wrap the World With Quilts, which is located in Lehi, Utah. They then send quilts anywhere in the world where quilts are needed, such as Ukraine, those who lost their homes in the California fire, Thailand and so many other places. I think this is a wonderful cause!

WTWIQ accepts quilts in any colors, prints, sizes and for all ages, so I like that I can make something and not have to be concerned if the fabric is something that one culture or another could be offended by as I am sure WTWIQ will not send anything to a place that a certain print could be a problem. 

I mailed my donation box to them on Thursday (via UPS) and they received it on Friday the next day! Be sure to use the Give Back Box on their website to mail your box of quilt as you can send up to 50 pound of only $20. I put 8 quilts of various sizes into the box, plus they take fabric donations and quilt rulers and supplies too, so I gave them rulers I don't use as well as some fabric to fill up the box and the box only weighed 29 pounds, so I could have put more into the box, but it was full. You can even send just the quilt tops and they will quilt them. I will be sending in some larger quilt tops once I get them made, since it's a struggle to quilt anything large for me. I will be able to get more tops done in a fraction of the time it takes me to finish an entire quilt, and get more tops in a box than quilts, which will help me to use up more fabric faster. YAY! Sounds like a win-win-win to me!😉

A flannel bear appliqué is so cute. I didn't want to worry about using button eyes if a child under 3 got this quilt, so I used plastic Kam snaps for the eyes! Those eyes are super secure and a child couldn't remove them or even an adult! 

Love all those yummy pink prints and shades of pink.

Flannel quilt backing quilting in a serpentine stitch.

I will be sharing the other quilts I donated to Wrap the World With Quilts soon too.

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Bear with Santa Hat (wall quilt)

This cute bear wall quilt in a Santa Hat is in the local gift shop for sale.

🐻🧸🎅🎄🤶

                                                       Quilt measures 13" wide x 10" high.

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Chevron Quilt in Scrappy Greens with Flannel Bear Appliqué

Hello Scrappy Quilt Lovers! I made this quilt by first digging through my green scraps, Next I pressed the scraps and got out my Crossover II Die Cut Machine by Crafter's Edge and cut 1/2 Square Triangles. I arranged the triangles to be sewn in a light & dark Chevron pattern. I quilted it down the center of each triangle, so the backing looks like a zigzag (but forgot to photograph that). 

While I liked the all green quilt, it needed something else, so I cut out a bear with a scarf all in flannel fabric and appliquéd the bear onto the quilt. This quilt will be donated to Project Linus this month.

I did add button eyes to the bear, so this will be given to a child over the age of 3 years, since under 3 years old the buttons could be a chocking hazard. I did stitch the buttons on well and even added glue over the thread to be more secure.

This is my November project for Crafter's Edge.

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