Sew Powerful Purses #315-317 (for 2025)

3 more purses finished for the Sew-a-thon. 2 made with upcycled denim jean purse bodies and one with a Starbucks upcycled apron purse body.

I reached my goal of 80 purses for the Sew-a-thon and have even sewn more purses beyond my goal. Yay! I am sure I will sew 100 purses or more at this rate during September. 

These flaps were fun to create.

Denim jeans and Starbucks apron upcycled to make the purse bodies.

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Sew Powerful Purses~ #30-34

I finished 4 more Sew Powerful Purses. I used up  some miscellaneous quilt blocks that I have had for years for making the flaps. I made my daughter a twin sized quilt a long time ago when she was in her teens in purple and green. That was her favorite color combination at the time. I made the Bear's Paw quilt blocks using a variety of  purple fabrics and green fabrics and some white fabric. At the time I went a bit overboard not knowing how many quilts blocks I would need to complete the quilt, so I made quite a few extra blocks. The blocks measure 6 3/4" square finished. Years ago I made about 3 pincushions too using the block and I still had quite a few blocks leftover. These are just the purses I have finished using these blocks, but I have at least 2 more than I am working on.

I set the blocks on point and added strips on all 4 corners to make the flap. I added buttons on some of the flaps. All these purses were made with a fine wale corduroy in purple and purple webbing for the straps.

4 purses with Bear's Paw quilt blocks set on point.

This was pieced heart quilt block that I added strips all around to make the flap the right size.

The back side of all of these purses look like this with fine wale purple corduroy.

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