As
promised, I can unveil two of the zippered change purses I made as gifts
yesterday. First up – for my 87 year old
Aunt Frances, who loves to garden, a purse of pansies-
This
is a beautiful fabric and the little spots on the background are gold – the
picture just does not do it justice. For
the lining, I had a tiny leftover of purple batik that matched the purple
pansies perfectly-
You
know, I never thought I would have enough projects to go through that huge bag
of over 100 zippers I sorted a couple of weeks ago- I sure am glad I found this
pattern!
The
other one I made as a gift was for my cousin Frances, the elephant collector in
the family. Another Laurel Burch
designed fabric – I didn’t have much of it, and this was the best I could fit
the elephants on-
You
see more elephants on the back-
For
these wild elephants, I figured they needed a wild lining fabric-
I
love that pink cheetah print! That was a
remnant I found at Joann’s, and it was very small. I think I used a bit of it in a quilt for
Layla - another UFO waiting to be finished.
Today
Mom and I took the kids to see Frances and Frances while their Christmas gift
was being set up in the back yard – a trampoline. We had the kids for about four and a half
hours and now, at 5 pm, we are finally home and worn out. I don’t know how I am going to get through
this evening – I have quite a bit of wrapping to do and I can’t do it until
after the kids are in bed. To keep
myself awake, I will probably get to sewing my own change purses. I want them to match the Hippie Bag and the
Rooster Bag. I am already thinking of
ways to change the zippered purse – I would like to make an open pocket on the
outside for receipts or ID. Tomorrow I
will share whatever I have cooked up!
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