Crazyquilt Wedding Purse

I did the finishing on my Wedding Purse yesterday.  I had planned on putting it on a purse frame but it's been so long since I did one on a frame....well, I didn't do it right and had to improvise:

My mom has always said that I was resourceful!  I simply ran some chain through the sleeve on each side and then added a snap for closure.  I'm quite pleased with this and will package it up to ship tomorrow.

So now I'm thinking of doing a little something for Halloween!  Stop by to see what's next!

Crazy Quilt Wedding Purse

Hola mi Amigas!  I finished up on my Wedding Purse last night:

I wish you could see this in person.  It's so glittery!  Which is exactly what I wanted!  Of course, where else can one add so many sequins and beads and have it look so pretty rather than gaudy?!

I hope to get this sewn together and finished over the weekend.  I'm not sure if I have some white foo-foo stuff to put on the bottom or not.  If I don't, I'll crochet a pretty fringe for the bottom.

Ok, so what am I'm going to stitch on next?  I haven't decided yet.  I'm really all over the map at the moment but you know I can't sit idle so I'll have to just pick something.

Que pasa un buen dia mi Amigas!  Have a nice day my friends!

Wedding Purse Almost Done

I only had a little free time yesterday to work on this:

I did a little more silk ribbon work and added some more beading.  As much as I complain about Winter, I really do have more stitching time in the Winter months.  I don't have to take time to water plants, pull weeds, sweep the sidewalk and deck off, change hummingbird feeders and so on.  Oh, I just love Summer!  But I have way more time to stitch and craft in the Winter months.  Of course, Winter is coming and I'll be back to complaining about it the minute it gets here!  LOL!!!

Wedding Purse In Progress

I've been beading on this little crazy quilt Wedding Purse and also added some silk ribbon embroidery to it:

I want some color on this but I also want it to be very pale.  I'll do some beading on the birds next which should lighten them up slightly.  I'd like to have this finished up and ready to sew together over the weekend.  This purse will have a frame and it's been awhile since I did one of those.  I think this will be a lovely heirloom for my godchild.  Her wedding is in September.

I've been quite busy with mom.  We've been working on our 2011 Christmas ornament collection.  I'll be adding some to the Boutique now.  You can also find us on Etsy.

A Whiter Shade Of Pale

Ok, I just gave away my age!  LOL!!!  I mentioned yesterday that my next project would be mostly white.  While I was stitching on this earlier, I kept thinking of the 1967 song, A Whiter Shade Of Pale.  This will be a Wedding Purse:

A Godchild of mine is getting married in September and I wanted to make her something special for her Wedding so I decided on a purse.  She's very creative and bit non-traditional, like me! 

For some reason, I just didn't want to do an all white purse. She has a lot of life in her and life is colorful.  To say the least (if I may add from my own experiences)!

I wanted white but I also wanted a twinge of color.  I want it to look old but not ancient so the block is pieced all in white fabrics.  The lace at the top is vintage but the lace at the bottom is antique.  Late 1800's.  I wanted cream colored lace so it shows up.  I hand painted the little love birds applique along with the butterfly.  The seam treatments are all stitched in the lightest shades of pink, blue and cream that I have in my stash.  The beading will all be done in white, cream and perhaps some silver.  We'll see how things look when I get to embellishing this.  I want to be incredibly sparkly!

Anyway, when I was picking my thread colors, I kept thinking, A Whiter Shade Of Pale!   I'll be doing some silk ribbon embroidery on here as well.  Hope I have enough pale colors to use on it!

Stay tuned!