We’ve been here for almost a month. And we have been very slow to hang - or rehang - what we had in LaGrange. We’re moving slow. And I think about each piece I have and whether or where I want it hung. What I know for sure I need some kind of design wall - for now I have hung a piece of batting (see below). But I knew for sure I wanted to rehang these three pieces. Brenda aka @2louises made the Red Cross wall hanging in a Chicago and Ann Arbor guild swap. I love it for its colors, simplicity, and the sentiment. This corner, a tribute to Double Plus Good, a quilt @rossiecrafts did years ago, is a reminder to do good.
With that in mind, getting back to purse making is important. But I don’t have the floor space I had before, and I’m a visual sewer. This tacked piece of batting holds the parts for 4 purses with the flaps coming from pieces that were experiments in techniques.
I also came across quilted jackets I enjoyed making and wearing. But I haven’t worn them in years. I thought about turning them into purses. Instead, I made some oversized zip pouches. Below are the purses I've been working on...
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This purse has a denim component paired with red and gold glittery fabric. Because why not?
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Because the flaps are scrappy, I found some neat reds for the underflaps. |
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| This flap was leftovers from something.? |
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| Here you can see the kimono experiment. The red and black were experiments in a feather technique and the stripes are leftover from a grandson's quilt. |
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I tried something different and put a back pocket on the denim-body purse , using a pretty special glittery fabric.
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Slowly a normal life rhythm is resuming. And we are very happy. Now, if the La Grange house would just sell…
