Friday, May 14, 2010

Sew N' Tell - Purse ** Mum Don't Read This!!!

As if the Sew N Tell wasn't enough of a deadline, I am going to see my Mum later today, and since last weekend was Mother's Day, and since I am a bad daughter and didn't send her a present, I was up late last night working on her (late) present. And I might have been up too late, because I made an idiot mistake. I sewed the handles together the wrong way! It even said in the directions to be sure to not make this mistake, "Doh!"
(please excuse the awful photo, it was late and I was angry)

A lot of seam ripping later I had the finished project:
I used a free pattern I found here, and I also added an inside zippered pocket using my favorite tutorial (steps 12-14). And I used my last twill tape label, I guess I'll have to make more. I thought the purse needed a little something extra so I added some piping, but only had white on hand. Instead of going out and buying another color of piping I covered the white with little scraps of the inside fabric, so it coordinates perfectly. Changing the piping color was way easier than matching up the piping at the seams, does anyone have any suggestions for that? The piping never ever matches!

It's going to be hard to give this purse away, but at least it's going to someone I know will treat it well. I think I will make another one for myself as a summer purse. Maybe next week.

Happy Friday!
Lauren!

13 comments:

  1. it's very nice Lauren! I have a gift to give your mom as well, would you be able to give me her mailing Address? I hope to have it ready to mail this weekend. well have my mom mail it on monday haha. It's really cute!I need to make a new purse!

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  2. Beautifully done!! And how special as a gift for your mom. :o)
    Sincerely ~ Tricia

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  3. This bag is so cute, and the fabric is perfect! I'm sure your mom will LOVE it!

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  4. She is going to love it! Great fabric selection.

    I love the Burdastyle website. They have really great projects.

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  5. That's a lovely gift for your Mother. The piping really adds a nice finish to it and like the way you made so.

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  6. this is great i love the colors.

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  7. That turned out really cute. I can see how it'd be hard to give away.

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  8. Lauren, check twilltape.com for custom printed twill tape labels.

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  9. Wonderful purse! Your mom is going to love it.

    HA! Sometimes I think when the directions say "Don't do...whatever it is", it's almost a sure fire thing that I will. It's like a curse.

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  10. Really great bag! I'm sure your Mom will love it!

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  11. That's a great purse! Love the piping and it really adds to it!!

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  12. So cute! Sorry about the seam ripping part. I think I probably use my seam ripper more than I use a fork. I'm glad it turned out well in the end. I can top your bad daughter-ness, though. I'm in Moz and didn't even order anything for delivery to my mom in the States. I'm using the excuse that I plan to bring some really cool stuff with me when we visit. :-)

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