Purses

This week has been purse making week.  I have had a lovely time designing and making these pretty things and found them to be much easier than I expected to make.  I was helped massively by one particular blog post Purse Frames De-mystified by the fabulous Lisa Lam who is the Oracle on all things bag and purse related.

This first set of purses are all in some way fashion related (this was totally unintended, they just turned out that way).  They are made with silver 125mm purse frames with either a cotton or calico cotton background.  The images are applique pieces, enhanced with free motion embroidery.

Each purse has a different design on the front and back and most are linked in some way.  The design above 'Going Out' has a clutch bag design on the back.

 

All of the purses are lined with a complementary cotton fabric, usually featured on the outside in some way, so creating a linking theme.

I have already had interest in a couple of the purses, so I think it is time to start designing more..............  I think the next lot will be a smaller purse frame  and possibly in a rounder shape.

  Watch this space!

Pride and Prejudice

This weekend I decided to try a piece based on a quote.  The obvious choice was Jane Austen so I thought I'd try to reproduce an outfit from the period as the illustration.  Instead of completing the embroidery in black as usual, I used a toning blue shade which gave the piece a much softer edge.  This is something that I will try with future pieces.

Fashion

Inspired by how well the Angel pic went, I thought I'd have a go at something in red, my favourite colour (represented by the Ruby in Ruby Patch!).  Again, the design was influenced by my eldest daughter's interest in all things fashion.
  

I am quite pleased with the result but may have to put more emphasis on the lettering as it doesn't stand out as much as I would like.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/RubyPatch

Paris

Today's first project was a request from my eldest daughter for something for her room.  I decided to try a free motion embroidery picture which will be framed in a hoop.

Paris and fashion are her favourite things so I thought a combination of the two would be good.

The wording was stencilled and finished off with a heart.  All in all, the project was really pleasureable to do and the design too much longer than the actual sewing.