Large Scrap Purse
This is a close up of the great fabric I used to create this scrap purse. My mom and I make lanyards for the nurses at work and we save every scrap. Here the scraps are combined in a creative way to show all the colors. Below is the result. I just love my bag/purse!
Here is my newest design. It is double the size of the one below.
This is the small one I made last month.
I ended up giving the smaller one to my mom because she liked it so much. My new one has a few different details: I added a pin on the top (which is removable) and I added some circles which I hand embroidered after ironing them into place.
hook for keys
inside pockets
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magnetic closure
scraps on the handle
close-up of the detachable flower pin
the base, foam core was used inside for strength
Hope you like my new purse/bag. It was a fun project. I enjoyed my birthday weekend off work. I go back to work Sunday night and work til Friday morning. Kevin and I are going away to PA next weekend for one of his mustang shows. After that I am very excited to go to a 6 week schedule of straight day shift. I will be working 7a - 3pm Mon - Friday! Now you ask.....why is this exciting to me? Well, because I usually work night shift - weekend option. I usually only have every 6th weekend off. Having off every weekend this summer is something I look forward to. As a senior nurse at Johns Hopkins, I have certain responsibilities that can't be accomplished at night. In order to meet my obligation as a senior nurse, I have to round with the doctors which they do during the day shift. I choose to do this during the summer to give me time off on the weekends. Very cool. However, because of this, I am not taking my vacation until the 6 weeks of rounding is done. Kevin's parents are coming here from Milwaukee for a few days at that time and the rest is for relaxation. We also have to move our 3 kids back into apartments/dorms the end of August. For the rest of the summer, I look foward to getting more sewing than normal done because I will have off every evening and weekend!!!
I hope all my blogging friends have a great summer! Tell me where you are headed or what you have planned, I would love to know!
Comments
Wow! we'll be seeing even more sewing when you are on your summer shift! Glad to see you enjoyed a birthday "sewing" weekend!
Happy Sewing!
nights are what my sis in law work, she likes them, but you're right, there are things going on during the day that you need to be there for.
kids back to college, vacations, visiting family...all sound like a lot of fun!
enjoy!