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    Scrap bag


    I started this project over a year ago. But for most of that time, it’s been in a drawer..out of sight and out of mind. I had to clean out my sewing table (aka small desk I refurbished years ago) because it is now our aquarium stand.

    Anyway….I had intended on making a tiny little string purse for going to garage sales and festival type things. Since then I’ve discovered that I really need to carry more stuff all the time…so a bigger bag was born.

    An old piece of table cloth was used as the base for the random scraps. I used different colors of thread and stitches for a fun crazy quilt look.

    I decided on a jagged edge on the flap for interest.

    The lining is a re-purposed pillowcase. I wish I had the forethought to sew a pocket or two on the inside but when you’re winging it…those things don’t always come to mind.

    I did learn a couple things while putting this together that I’ll *hopefully* remember to apply to my next purse project.

    The only purchased item on this purse is the magnetic closer. I bought 3 of these a while back when I was making more purses

    Otherwise everything used to create this purse is re-purposed or scrap.

    A girl can NEVER have to many purses! Maybe I’ll sell a few when I actually stock my etsy store… It’s just an empty storefront right now.

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    June Dress


    It’s still June and my dress is complete!  Now I’m all caught up with the other gals in the Dress-up Project.

    I wanted a very full skirt for this one. I drew a circle with a dinner plate on a shirt that I had already scavenged the sleeves off for wine bottle gift bags.  It took some tricky sewing to get the skirt attached to the top. But, of course, the black lace trim covers my poor sewing job.

    Be sure to hop on over to the Alice and Camilla blog to check out the other June dresses.