No posts for a week and then two all at once. I guess that's what comes of having several projects on the go at once.
Anyway, I think I've worked out the purse pattern I've been playing with for a couple of weeks. This is the second (and first successful) fabric prototype, I've played about with a few paper versions.
I used the knowledge from Cotton and Cloud's kit, but couldn't use the pattern, as the kit was for a larger, curved frame purse, whereas this is a small rectangular framed purse. Fortunately, U-Handbag has a tutorial explaining how to make your own pattern from your frame.
I used some of the practice quilting sandwich I still had leftover after making the bibs. The polar fleece blanket I used in the quilt sandwich definitely had more body than the fusible fleece, so seems to have made a good substitution here. I bought 10 of these frames for $16 from Cotton Touch, an Etsy seller based in Thailand, they arrived prettily wrapped and in good time. The fabric (except lining) is from Ikea.
I managed to buy some strong glue and cotton string for the cording at the local hardware store . I used bondaweb, to prevent fraying really, and then appliqued the flower pieces onto the already quilted fabric before attaching the frame.
I think I've got a pattern that works now, this was pretty easy, if a bit fiddly because of the size. Gotta tidy up all this sewing stuff before Dad arrives on Wednesday....
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