I've been busy sewing, but haven't completed any project until today. Yeah!
One of my favorite flowers is now a purse/bag - the tulip bag
At the beginning of this week a local quilt shop - OOOO La La, in Frederic. Michigan - offered the tulip purse/bag class. The owner of the shop, Nancy, is very creative. She always has great new ideas and her shop is filled with lots of accessories to make your project special too.
In a few hours I was able to construct this purse/bag with the exception of attaching the handles, which I finished this morning. Everyone is calling it my "Hippie Bag", because of the choice of fabric I selected. Flower power! How fun.
I even had some fun funky hot pink buttons to add on the handles.
The finished bag size is 11 1/2 inches high and 17 inches wide. The handles are a perfect length to be a shoulder bag or when carrying by hand it doesn't drag on the ground (I guess this would be determined by how tall you are).
Nancy suggested to try making this bag with left-over blocks from previous projects. Well, I have some blocks left over from the blue log cabin I finished and posted in April. I'm inspired to work on another bag. Time to go shopping through my stash. Let's see what I can come up with.
