black and white purse with flap

I was playing around with the purses and I decided I wanted one with a flap as I like my purses to have a covering. So I was playing around and came up with this one. The side picture doesn't look as good as it does in person. I guess after I opened it I forgot to smooth it back down. The flap lifts up and is attached to the back and lays over fairly nicely. I thought it turned out pretty good (just don't look closely) as I'm still a beginner. I learn a lot as I go and the black and white is forgiving as it hides a lot. I think if I did this again though I would add various pockets as I forgot those this time. Live and learn. :) The longest time taken on this was just sewing it (especially for a beginner). Cutting the fat quarters (term for fabric if you didn't know) is simple - just keep folded in half, cut in 5" sections, fold over 2x and run through the Big Shot with the scallop square die (I used an extra shim). Can do 2 sections at a time. Got all the 72 squares cut out within minutes that way. Much better then cutting by hand and it gives you the nice curved edge to boot a bonus.
So I hope you enjoy my ideas and if you've never sewn you have to try it. I created one project over 15 years ago with help, so after that long I didn't remember anything and am new to sewing. I even had to get the book out to see how to thread the machine and set everything up. The first one was definitely frustrating to me, but I persevered and it was still fun in the long run that's why I made 2 more after the first one.
So I hope you enjoy my idea about adding a flap. Have a great day today. Blessings.

My Daughter's purse

Here is the little purse I made for my daughter. We picked out the colors together. We decided we liked the rag look for her so I put that side out. We also decided to make it reversible so we didn't put a button on it to. That way she can decide if she wants the rag look or the the clean look. I added another picture of the bag showing the clean look, but something was up with the program as it kept turning the picture and we (including my techy husband) couldn't get it to flip right, so you get the sideways view. The picture looks just like this first one on the drive, but when the program pulls it in it flips. Don't ask me why - I don't understand it.
So I thought it turned out to be a cute fun purse. It's made with the scallop square die from the Big Shot. As I make more, they get easier and easier (just don't look closely still as it's only my third project using the sewing machine). My daughter likes it though and that's all that counts. :) So I hope you enjoy my purse share. Hope you have a great day.

big Shot scallop flower

Here is another fun flower made with the Big Shot. This one is made with the scallop circles and fleece. It bunches up and is really soft and fun. My daughter loved it as it was her favorite color. I might see about adding one of these to one of the new bags I'm making. A red one might look really cool on it. It would also be cute on a hair band too. I bet it would also be cute decorating a gift bag too. You could add some scalloped cardstock flowers to a card to match. I bet that would be very festive and fun. The center is a flower brad holding it all together. I just snipped the scallops to give it some dimension.

This next picture I had to share. Since I've been trying to learn how to sew, my son has decided to get creative with what I make. So he decided instead of a sack, he wanted a fish with the material he picked out. So he drew out what he wanted his fish to look like. We enlarged it somewhat and cut it out of the 3 materials we picked out. This is what it turned out looking like. The only thing SU on it are the button eyes. They come from the Button Latte set. The rest is all fabric from a fabric store. He came up with the design for it and I put it together the best I knew how. A little interesting, but he loves it. Of course now he wants a shark to go with it. He drew up a design but it looks kind of like a mean fish, but don't tell him that. Next thing I know he's over in my stash flipping through buttons for it. I told him one thing at a time. I had my daughter's bag to finish which hopefully I'll get a picture of tomorrow. So now you know why I haven't had as much time to make cards and such. Sometimes creating with your kids is just as fun. So I hope you like my share today and have a great day tomorrow.
Blessings.

fabric purse - big shot scallop square

Guess what I spent a portion of my afternoon doing? It wasn't a hard project if you know how to sew on a sewing machine. Unfortunately for me I hadn't touched one for 15 years and had help then. So I basically had a huge learning curve trying to figure it all out. The actual set up was easy. I just used my Big Shot and the scallop square die and cut out all the squares. You can cut 8 fabric squares with one pass through. Didn't take long and that part was done. Then I cut fabric for my straps and closure and also the batting for the inside. The inside looks like the outside except it includes the rough edges that were sewn together. Now this picture looks odd because of the flash. The yellow on the bottom is a shadow and not there and the button is actually silver and black, but the glare made it yellowish. The top picture is the front. The last the back and then I took a small side pick showing that I added a little pocket on both sides. For my first time, I love it, but I definitely need to practice a lot. :)
I'm thinking about getting some more fabric and making another where I put the scallops out and make it more like a rag purse.
So I hope you enjoy my share today. Have a great day.
Blessings.

felt circle flower

It seems like I've been on a flower kick lately. I've been making them out of fabric and paper. I've been trying various punches, dies, etc to see what I can make. Now I need to figure out what I want to do with them all. :) I also need to take some more pictures. Here is another one that is made out of felt. It could be used on a card/scrap page or it could also be added to anything fabric - headband/barrette, purse or bag, made into a pin, etc. This little flower is made out of pink felt and I used the circle #2 Big Shot die. The shape I got was by accident. I inked my edges with craft ink and wanted to speed up drying, so I used my heat gun. The kids started talking to me and before I realized it I had held it in one place too long and it curled up and it got that cool crinkled look, so I did it to the rest of them and this is how it turned out. Pretty cool I think. I used a Chocolate brad for the center and it was done. Really quick, easy and fun.
I guess I'm hoping that spring gets here sooner then later. Hope you have a great day. Blessings.

fabric and Big Shot - sunflower

Since we had a snow day, I decided to play around with some items. I dug out some felt I had laying around and decided to make some flowers. Of course my kids had to help too. I'll have to post more tomorrow of the various color combos they chose. This was just one of the ones we made. You could put this on a bag, a headband, barrette, which we are talking about doing for my daughter, or even a blanket, or even make it a pin. It has lots of options being material. It's also very bright and colorful which is great on this snow covered day. This is just basic yellow felt cut out with the Daisy die. I then just inserted a Chocolate chip corduroy button in the middle which holds it all together. Very fun and easy and definitely cheerful. Now if we could get the snow to melt so I could get more fabrics to try that would be good.
Anyways, I hope you have a warmer day tomorrow. Stay safe everyone. Blessings