Just a quick post to show off my handbag making skills with my whimsical handmade purse. I would have been done a lot faster but I changed too many things to make the pattern I was using useful. About the only thing the same as the pattern is that it is a drawstring purse. I decided that I wanted my bag lined and that I wanted the flounce on the bag sheer. So I ended up having to figure it all out myself. I had planned on doing a tutorial but that will take me a little time since I kept changing things as I went along.
I’m not sure if you can tell in the photo but I ended up sewing the butterflies to the fabric and covering it with the sheer netting. I will be posting it on my etsy site soon. I’d love to hear what you think of my whimsical handmade purse, please leave me your comments or suggestions below.
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I am making handmade purses for the upcoming craft fair and have decided my next project will be a whimsical handmade purse. What’s a whimsical handmade purse, you ask? What comes to my mind is something fun, cute and fanciful. Perhaps a princess would carry such cute purses. To get a clearer picture in my mind I spend several hours getting lost between sites like Mary Frances Collection, which is full of fabulous whimsical inspiration. and tutorials like Threads Magazine’s posting of a drawstring bag, which is where I find the style of purse and the pattern I want.
Now I have a somewhat clearer vision of my whimsical handmade purse in my head. Since I make my bags from recycled fabric, I check my stash and find some drapery fabric that has the right weight and body but it’s white — pretty and may work but I keep looking. Next I find a blouse, it’s black with kind of an oriental pattern on it, that will work with the pattern but it’s not going to quite give me the whimsical style I’m looking for. I think I’ll go with the white and add some sort of embellishments to fancy it up.
For embellishments I have a little trouble locating anything that I like in my stash so off to the dollar store I go. I come home with several things I can use, a toddler’s tutu made out of blue netting with sparkles on it, a couple of doll clothes accessories that have boas attached, some plastic butterflies, some silk flowers and a sheer purple polyester camisole. I decide that I will make the outside of the purse from the tutu and line it with the white fabric, perhaps adding a butterfly or two on the outside or maybe between the layers. I’ll save the camisole, boas and flowers for another pattern I found. Stay tuned and I will post my results soon. In the meantime, you can check out my other handmade purses on my etsy site at http://stufffrombarb.etsy.com.
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