I’m the proud owner of a brand new orange purse, ”The Orange Purse” (please notice the capital T), stitched with lots of love, my seam ripper glued to my right hand, lots of frustration, a broken needle and a happy dance.
The purse is made from the orange linen piece from this post. It has been hand quilted with pearl cotton embroidery floss.
The purse is made from the orange linen piece from this post. It has been hand quilted with pearl cotton embroidery floss.
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It has a quilted lining, a binding on top, and even a zipper for closing. That zipper took forever to sew in, but it’s there, see?.JPG)
Instead of buying handles, I have made the strap from a belt. A tutorial on how to do this is coming up..JPG)
I was probably the last quilter on earth making a purse, but now I have two on my bragging list (first one here). If I was wise enough to use a pattern or tutorial on how to do these things, it would probably have been a piece of cake. Unfortunately I’m the I’ll-figure-it-out type of person. As soon as a question mark enters my brain, it keeps on churning until I have a solution. With quilts this approach works just fine, but add another dimension and I’m practically buzzing. It sometimes keeps me awake at night. I have found that the 3rd dimension is great until you are sewing your lining into it, and I have. Several times.
The good thing is that I now know how to make the silk purse for MIL; I will not reinvent the wheel this time…
Now I’ll add this to Amylouwho’s Sew & Tell, pop over and get inspired!
Instead of buying handles, I have made the strap from a belt. A tutorial on how to do this is coming up.
I was probably the last quilter on earth making a purse, but now I have two on my bragging list (first one here). If I was wise enough to use a pattern or tutorial on how to do these things, it would probably have been a piece of cake. Unfortunately I’m the I’ll-figure-it-out type of person. As soon as a question mark enters my brain, it keeps on churning until I have a solution. With quilts this approach works just fine, but add another dimension and I’m practically buzzing. It sometimes keeps me awake at night. I have found that the 3rd dimension is great until you are sewing your lining into it, and I have. Several times.
The good thing is that I now know how to make the silk purse for MIL; I will not reinvent the wheel this time…
Now I’ll add this to Amylouwho’s Sew & Tell, pop over and get inspired!
Lovely purse. Even if it is harder to make your own pattern, it makes it more unique. Like the strap a lot. Hope you'll have a fun night out!
ReplyDeleteLove your purse.....
ReplyDeleteNina it is beautiful and you are so inspiring.
ReplyDeletewow. that is so cool. what a great purse. i love the purple belt handle
ReplyDeleteYou did a fantastic job on it!!
ReplyDeleteShould be very proud!!
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ooo it is indeed THE orange purse! fabulous!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. How fun to make your project into The Purse! You are not the last quilter to make a purse..that would be me (and maybe some others?). Congrats for the zipper (I would have been lazy and used velcro {grins}). I love the purple belt as a handle. Great job. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, gorgeous... and you're not the last, I've never made a purse, either. :D
ReplyDeleteWow, The Purse is gorgeous! Very very cool.
ReplyDeleteIt is STUNNING and utterly original! Congratulations on figuring out the 3rd dimension. I only ever do these things with a pattern (that someone else figured out first!).
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteStunning! I wondered where that orange would turn up, and this is wonderful! I love the purple belt strap.
ReplyDeletethe purse is wonderful,I love the purple betl handle,great!!Well done!!
ReplyDeleteGreat purse. Well done :-)
ReplyDeleteA beautiful purse and I really like your decorative quilting on it. Haven't got the courage yet to put a zipper in a purse so well done for achieving that!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful purse. Interested in that tutorial for the handle too.
ReplyDeleteOh Nina, so wonderful. I love the purple handle idea and can't wait to see the tutorial. You are just too clever.
ReplyDeleteWow! A lovely purse, indeed! A happy dance was most definitely
ReplyDeletein order, Thanks for sharing, Nina!
looks amazing!!!
ReplyDeletetoo cool! Love the fabric close up too. those details are amazing.
ReplyDeleteThat is beautiful. That had to be hard to sew that zipper in. Zippers are hard enough in the best of cases. You can be proud of that.
ReplyDeleteQMM
It really looks good. Zippers and I don't mix. Your orange fabric really looks good in the bag.
ReplyDeleteSimply love your fabulous purse. You did a GREAT job.
ReplyDeleteI love it, I love it when it was only stitcheries. So cool that you made it into a bag. I like the idea of using belt for handle.
ReplyDeleteI re-purpose all the time, good way to recycled - Hugs Nat
Wow..Very well done!!
ReplyDeleteAn extraordinary purse! Great job!!
ReplyDeleteThis turned into a beautiful piece! It's a keeper! Great finish!
ReplyDeleteI love the colors you picked to quilt it. It looks fabulous. (And Brilliant idea with the belt strap!)
ReplyDeleteIt's so cute. And I am glad to know that there are other people out there who are the "figure it out yourself" people.
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