Alice's Purse

I backed this purse with a light-weight Pellon, added a magnetic snap and craft plastic on the inside bottom. Truth be told, if I were to make this purse again, I would put pockets inside and make it a two-strap handled purse. The single-handle version (shown here) has a tendency to want to open when any weight is added to the inside.

Alice's Purse

I made this See and Sew (Butterick #B4839)purse for my friend Alice. She loves purses! I don't know how many she has (lots) but I do know this is her first handmade purse.

Sweet Crazy

I truly love doing handwork. Some of the prettiest embroidery can be accomplished using simple little stitches or a combination of stitches. The yellow butterflies are just four chain stitches to form the "X" body and stem stitch for the antenae and french knot for the end of the antenae.

Sweet Crazy Back

The crazy block was made using a piece of muslin for foundation piecing of four or five different pale flower prints, then bordered with the gray flower print. Then I added hand-embroidered rows of little flowers and such along some of the seams on the block on the back and on the cuffs.

Sweet Crazy

This is a sweatshirt I cut to make a jacket. I removed the neckline ribbing and the sleeve ribbing. I made bias strips out of crazy quilted materials and used it for the border all around. I then fashioned cuffs out of the same cq'd material and attached to the sleeves.