Sew Powerful Purses #304-306 (for 2025)

Three more purses made during the Sew-a-thon! I used some pieced quilt blocks for the flaps that are cups on saucers. I had to add some fabric all around to make it the correct size for the flap.

2 made with upcycled denim jeans.

Hello sweet followers, I'm competing in a Sew-A-Thon fundraiser and I'm doing my best to help as many girls as I can. I am making cute cross-body purses and then the organization, Sew Powerful,

has seamstresses in Zambia who make the pads and soap. This is my heart. You can get involved by honoring me with a one-time gift, or a gift for based on my purse goals. Just go HERE to make a donation in my honor. Thank you for your support, it means a lot! Sharing this post would really help too!

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Sew Powerful Purse #153 (2025)

I made this purse flap from a stack of donated pinwheel blocks I got from a free donation table at a group a couple years ago. Each pinwheel block was in different colors. I made a few purses before using a pinwheel block, but now I am sewing more of them. I had just enough of the Flip Flops (thong sandals) print to make this one purse. It was a fun print to use and perfect for pairing with the pinwheel quilt block as both scream Summertime to me.

I needed to add a few fabric strips to make the quilt block the right size for the purse flap.

Love those flip flops!

This print is so fun and perfect for summer!

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Sew Powerful Purses #230-232 (2024)

Some more purses finished to donate to Sew Powerful Purse Project. Each has a different style flap.

This purse flap is done with raw edge scraps and heavily quilted. Added button sewn on with little flowers. 

The body of the purse is corduroy, which makes a nice purse.

Added pocket on the back side.

I found an old quilt block I made from maybe 2 decades ago? Geesh, where does the time go? I sewed fabric strips around the flap to make it the correct size and the flap was done.

Hot pink fabric for the purse body.

Back of purse with added slip pocket.

This purse flap was a flap I had painted, but it still needed something more, so I cut a quarter Hawaiian quilt block flower out of an old tie dyed tank top and appliquéd the flower in the corner and added stacked buttons. It still looked unbalanced, so some rickrack, narrow couched yarn, decorative machine stitches, hand stitched French knots and a few more buttons to the rescue.

I used upcycled denim jeans for the body of this purse.

The back has a jean pocket with some appliqué hexagons I already had cut out.

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