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Another Purse, from leftover fabric.

Here is a purse I made from some Japanese Kimono fabric that I had used to make some Hawaiian Shirts. The fabric leftovers have been sitting in a drawer as small cuts of fabric waiting for a project and finally this morning I decided to use it to make another purse for my wife. The fabric is quilted to a hexagon shape and the backing, or inner fabric, is black cotton twill that is fairly heavy. It should provide a pretty good wear resistance and stay free from staining. Pretty straight forward construction, just one compartment inside and there is a thumb release hook for connecting a small coin purse and keys to so that the user doesn't have to go dumpster diving to find the keys or the coin purse. I have installed a number of these hooks within all of my wife's purses and she is forever grateful, or so she says. The dimensions are: 12" wide x 9" tall x 2" deep. These are fun projects that can be knocked out in no time so they make great gifts or for yourself, if you choose. Enjoy,

John

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Well done, John. The purse is really good looking. Thank you for sharing. What are you using for lining the underside of the strap? I've often wished for one that would help the strap stay put on my shoulder when I was trying to juggle a car door, Yorkie, and frozen pork chops. Polly

"John" Here is a purse I made from some Japanese Kimono fabric that I had

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Polly Esther

What I do is make a sandwich of the Twill inner fabric and inset a heavy interfacing between that. Then I sew the Trim color fabric to the back of that. Then I sew the color matching fabric from the quilt body itself to the front and fold it over on the back and top stitch it in place. it makes for a sturdy strap that doesn't go all wonky when the Yorkie spies a cat, and decides to rid the planet of same. If the Yorkie and the pork chops are in the bag, then all bets are off.

John

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anthony

Lovely, John! :)

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Sandy

anthony here is a good tutorial if you want to learn to EPP hexagons

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Dee in Oz

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Dee in Oz

What was that skinny metal thing with the thread hanging out of it??? Where's the foot pedal????

Just kidding. That's a very good tutorial. But I've always wondered if those English paper pieced quilts were very strong. I had a yo-yo quilt pop apart when I shook it after washing. I even had a rag quilt split. Maybe it's just me... But I see they are saying to appliqué the hexagons to a foundation. That makes a lot of sense.

I learn something new everyday! ~:o) anthony in Clearwater.

Dee > anthony here is a good tutorial if you want to learn to EPP hexagons

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