As with every craft I try, crazy quilting gave me all sorts of ideas for creating other beautiful items that I could make and give as gifts. I had a great idea involving special occasions and bought a bunch of fine fabrics when they were on sale. If you want to check out what fabrics I bought my post is here. Suffice to say - there were a lot of them.
I never had the time to make any of the gifts I had in mind to do when I bought the fabrics but when one of my granddaughters got engaged to be married I decided to put some of the white and cream fine fabrics to use.
She wanted a "bohemian, garden party, woodland" type wedding so I thought a "bohemian" type crazy quilt purse to hold small things she might want with her at the wedding, like her cell phone, keys, tissues, and more, would be appropriate.
I decided to use a graphic of a Victorian bride that I had printed on fabric as the center image and arranged the fabrics in a crazy quilt pattern around that image - using Pat Winter's purse pattern that I had from the Artful Gathering class.
I added all sorts of creative embroidery laces and trims as well as silk floral, silk ribbon flowers, fringes, beaded trims, embroidered motifs, etc.
I had decided before hand that I wanted to add a white cord around the edges and use that same cord as a shoulder strap and to line the purse with a fine white fabric. Instead of using snaps to hold the top closed I decided to use a white frog closure sewn to the top inside center of the purse.
I was pleased with the way the purse turned out. Definitely bohemian, garden party and woodland.
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