Ta-dah! I Finished off the first ten purses. The colors in this photo are as accurate as I could manage with my limited editing skills. It's the finishing work that kills me every time. I despise any end-tucking, decorative-bobble-making, twisty fringing etc and it takes me along while to work up the nerve to spend my whole day finishing what I started. This is one reason why I am so excited to have this blog because I feel a bit more accountable and it keeps me motivated.I AM NOT and expert seamstress by any means and this was a total learning experience for me.
But I do feel better about them now that they are all spruced up with tassels and frogs. I feel like I would consider purchasing one at a fair which as a big leap from how I felt at the beginning, staring down at my first attempt. :P
Here are a few images of purses and detail work There is a bit of puckering where I hand stitched on the frogs but over all I am decidedly relieved at the turn out:
Irish?
Sorry the details are a bit fuzzy...
Okay, well that's a start anyways. I'll try and make sure my next images are a bit smaller and clearrer. :)
And now off to finish as many popcorn toques as humanly possible in a day. See you soon!
<3 JQ
Did you twist the cording for the frogs by hand? Because its no wonder taht your fingers are so sore if you did.
ReplyDeleteI love them all! And the detail on the frogs is great, they're beautiful. If we didn't already have a couple of ladies selling consignment purses at work, I would see about getting some of yours in there....
Well thanks for the thought!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes I did twist all the cord fro the frogs and straps myself. But it was so worth it in the end. I got a bit experimental with the frogs. (macrame?)
macrame is nifty!
ReplyDeleteYes after this project I have a newfound respect for macrame. I had always thought of it as "that craft where you make plant hangers with fentex". :P
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