Sewing in the zipper.
Attaching the handle.
Plain
back side of purse.
Front side of purse with 'flags'.
As soon as I realized that my top
was not to be (sniffle)...
...I knew that the resultant felt would make an interesting purse.
I cut two handles from the long edges of the top...
...then rounded off the ends of each one.
Maximizing the area of the remaining felt...
...I cut two matching purse sides (with acute angles at the bottom).
To make the handles, I sewed the strips in half, lengthwise...
...leaving the ends free for attachment.
After installing the zipper, I attached the handles...
...and sewed on lots of little colored
flags (trimmings from my pillow covers).
I decided to leave one side of the purse plain...
...so that it can be worn more comfortably against the body.
In order to give some
volume to the finished bag...
...I cut a small square from the bottom corner of each piece.
I sewed up the sides and bottom of the bag...
...leaving the
cut out sections alone.
Finally, I flattened the bag,
perpendicular to the bottom seam...
...and sewed up each end (resulting in a squared-off bag bottom).
Now who (except for those of you
in the know)...
...would ever guess how this bag started out?? Giggle.
