Thursday, March 3, 2011

New Purse

A while back my stepson who works at Pottery Barn gave me a bag of discontinued fabric samples. I have slowly been using them. There are some coordinates including a brown and greyish aqua paisley and stripe. I love the paisley and decided it would make a wonderful purse. I fussy cut one of the paisleys large enough to make a pocket for the front and then beaded it. Of course I had to add sequins. After it was done, I found a great piece of broken jewelry in my stash that would have worked perfectly in the center of the paisley. Oh well - next time! I took the purse with me to the quilt show today because I was hoping to find a new longer set of straps but the ones I saw weren't much longer and they weren't suede - the fabric is chenille and the suede goes perfectly! I really like how it turned out. The front measures 9.5 x 10" and it is 2" deep. I thought it would be small, but I fit my small sketch book, wallet, calendar, camera, cards, cell and a few other odds and ends in it. I do like a smallish purse. I need to make a new clasp though. One that mimics the paisley.
I also took lots of pictures of the Hoffman Challenge Dolls that were on display. I am so amazed at the caliber of these dolls. Every one is a work of art. I have set up a webpage so they can be viewed better. Check them out here http://www.novasblossoms.com/hoffman21.htm.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

The Hoffman dolls are gorgeous! I love your handbag.

hugz
Pam

flyingbeader said...

Okay, I just want to say...LOVE ThE PURSE!!!!!

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Shashi Nayagam said...

What a beautiful purse!! Thanks for sharing the dolls of Hoffman challenge. They are all stunning and I am sure the judges are going to have a hard time judging.

Crowing Moon said...

Your dolls are fantastic...you know I love dollies ;) I love your faery, and mermaids.. and..and.. oh love 'em all.
Your bag is very pretty too