Sew Powerful Purses #472-485 for 2026

Happy October 1st! The Sew-a-thon has ended and Sew Powerful not only made their goal, but they surpassed it!!! Yay!!! Thank you to all who supported me in this effort to raise money to help the girls in Zambia so they can stay in school. Sew Powerful's goal was to raise $250,000 and they raised $267,920, which means even more girls can stay in school, yippee!!!!!!! I too surpassed my fundraising goal as well as my purse making goal for September too! I raised $1,685 ($1,000 goal) and guess how many purses I completed in September??? My goal was to make 180 purses, but I kept sewing and I ended up making 252 purses in one month!!! That gives me a grand total of purses made so far this year of 541 purses and there are still 3 months left of this year. Well I can tell you I need a break from sewing them this month as I was worn out sewing them for a whole month!😂I even ran out of notecards to include in the last several I finished, so will be working on notecards this month.

On last Monday I sent in 2 large boxes full of purses. One box had 142 purses inside and the other had 143 purses inside, for 285 total purses. I probably won't send in any more purses this year as I don't think I could finish enough by the end of the year. 

Here are just a few of the last purses made during the Sew-a-thon from September. I have more to share in the next few days.

This is the other Intermediate purse with the other flap (Option B). I thought I had shared this one already. I shared the other Intermediate flap in my last post so you can see the differences in the flaps.

2 pineapple quilt block flaps.

These 2 were quilt blocks I made from a Jacquelynne Steves BOM from years ago. The blocks were too large for the flaps, so I cut them to fit the flap size, hence the other fabrics surrounding the appliqué had already been sewn on.

Patchwork squares on the diagonal.

I made this pieced reacup and saucer block years ago. I added a doiley.

Appliqué flower on the left purse is a textured vinyl, the appliqué on the right is from a tie dye tee shirt.

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Patchouli Moon Studio~ Sew Powerful Purses #322-342 for 2026

22 more purses finished! Pineapple quilt block flaps, scrappy pieced flaps, and one all ribbon sewn flap.

Pineapple quilt block flaps.

Scrappy squares on left and bear paw quilt piees with scraps on right.

Flap on left is made using entirely ribbons and sewn with machine decorative stitches. That star I added is a glow-in-the-dark star. I punched a hole in the star and stitched it on. It really glows bright in the dark.

Please donate in my honor for the Sew-a-thon. Click here and then choose the amount to donate. $10 fills one purse to keep one girl in school. Thank you so much for your support!🤗

Use this QR code to donate to the Fundraiser during the month of September or the link above. Thanks so much! 🤗

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Sew Powerful Purses #304-316 for 2026

13 more purses finished! Pineapple flaps, African panels, flower appliqué, upcycled denim jeans and a Starbucks apron!

Pineapple quilt blocks for flaps, paired with upcycled denim jeans.

Decorative machine stitches, appliqué flowers and upcycled denim jeans.

African panel postage stamps.

Flpa lining and purse body is made from upcycled Starbucks apron. See the front pocket? It is one pocket from the apron. 

Purse bodies are made from an upcycled Starbucks apron.

Another pineapple block flap.

Please donate in my honor for the Sew-a-thon. Click here and then choose the amount to donate. $10 fills one purse to keep one girl in school. Thank you so much for your support!🤗

Use this QR code to donate to the Fundraiser during the month of September or the link above. Thanks so much! 🤗

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