UR Priceless - Day 3



Welcome to England and thanks for stopping by! Make yourself comfortable while I share with you my little purse.
I saw the lovely picture above for the blog hop and decided that I *NEEDED* one of this beauty too!

I picked 2 heavy weight fabric for the outside of my purse
The red is off cuts from a tea towel and the black is a remnant of furnishing fabric.
And for the inside, I used a scrap of Moda red that I had in my scrap basket.
The purse is quite easy to construct and the instructions that Madame Samm had written for us were well detailed with plenty of pictures. The purse goes together very easily if you follow what she says! I am not on for pinning extensively and when I tried to assemble the pieces together, I thought 3 pins would be enough (one at each corner and one in the middle). Well it isn't as my fabric moved slightly and then the points didn't meet at the bottom of my purse. I could have left it but I didn't like it so I unpicked and sew it again after pinning a lot!

The frame of the purse was a bit hard to find on this side of the Atlantic as I didn't want postage to cost me more than the frame really! But I ordered a pack of 3 from Arlene on Etsy and the frames arrived quite quickly from Hong-Kong (less than 2 weeks) ! Yes you read correctly, I ordered not one but three. I haven't had chance to make more than one for now, but I am planning 2 more (at least) as I think it would be a great teacher's gift!
I was dreading sewing the frame on the purse as I had never tried anything like this before, but it was easy actually! This is my finished purse, I love how it turned out. Now if money could grow on plants too, I would easily fill my purse!
Thanks to Madam Samm and Katherine for organising the blog hop! You can find the whole blog hop schedule on Katherine's blog here.

Thanks for your visit and enjoy the rest of your tour!
Today you are invited to visit my fellow Priceless Peeps:

Celine

Comments

  1. Debbie7 November 2012 at 06:47

    oh it turned out very sweet!

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  2. Judy B7 November 2012 at 06:53

    Love your choice of fabrics! Thank you for sharing and have fun making more coin purses.

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  3. ♥Duff7 November 2012 at 06:54

    OH, 3 cheers for trying something new! Your purse is adorable. (And if I hear of a plant growing money, I'll let you know!!)

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  4. Pat Converse7 November 2012 at 07:00

    Good job. Love your fabric choices.

    pnconverse(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  5. Katherine7 November 2012 at 08:02

    Yay! Way to go Celine, your coin purse is so charming. Great job trying something new and conquering the challenge so beautifully. Looking forward to seeing the purses you make with the other 2 frames!

    Thanks so much for being a part of the hop.

    UR Priceless!

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  6. Frederika7 November 2012 at 10:02

    What a sweet purse

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  7. Sue7 November 2012 at 10:23

    Beautiful purse! I love the color combination.

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  8. charlotte7 November 2012 at 11:03

    very nice job. Your purse turned out lovely.

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  9. memmens7 November 2012 at 11:33

    It looks great well done - I ordered more than one too!

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  10. Thearica7 November 2012 at 11:54

    Great job! Thanks for hopping with the rest of us!

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  11. Pauline7 November 2012 at 12:47

    Sweet coin purses! Thanks for showing.

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  12. tink's mom7 November 2012 at 13:08

    Wonderful job. I love that you can use up some of your smallest pieces of fabric, any type of fabric. Thanks for sharing.

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  13. Britt-Inger7 November 2012 at 13:20

    Your purses are very cute. Thanks for sharing

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  14. Annabella7 November 2012 at 13:26

    These little purses are so pretty!

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  15. Mommarock7 November 2012 at 14:03

    REally cute!!

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  16. Patti7 November 2012 at 14:11

    Great little purse! They are addicting for sure!

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  17. Sparky7 November 2012 at 14:18

    I adore stripes...love our cute wee bag.....you did good

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  18. Anonymous7 November 2012 at 14:44

    Your purse turned out great. Love the lining you chose for it.

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  19. Agnes B. Bullock7 November 2012 at 14:56

    I had a similar problem with pinning! Love the red and black- it works so beautifullly

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  20. Daryl @ Patchouli Moon Studio7 November 2012 at 15:03

    Your purse is lovely.

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  21. Marci Girl7 November 2012 at 15:07

    Very nice, lovely job!

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  22. Carol Swift7 November 2012 at 15:07

    Such lovely fabric and your coin purse is adorable!

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  23. JudyCinNC7 November 2012 at 15:29

    Love the stripes = very lovely. Judy C

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  24. sew.darn.quilt7 November 2012 at 15:56

    Simply sweet coin purse:)

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  25. Gill7 November 2012 at 16:09

    Great purse! and thank you for the etsy link - I'm in the UK too!

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  26. carla7 November 2012 at 16:14

    Hi!!! It is very pretty!!! I love the musical note fabric you used on the lining!!! Thank You

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  27. Needled Mom7 November 2012 at 17:05

    What a nice fabric selection and such a pretty purse.

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  28. Debbie Rogowski7 November 2012 at 18:04

    I love your choice of fabrics, not just color selection (which is wonderful) but the linens you used. don't worry here in the good old U.S. of A. we had trouble getting the clasps too, I ordered mine from china too. 4 weeks shipping lol

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  29. Jane's Fabrics and Quilts7 November 2012 at 18:05

    You did a great job. Love the fabrics you choose.

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  30. Laura7 November 2012 at 18:17

    Your purse is lovely.

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  31. deborah7 November 2012 at 18:20

    So nice!

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  32. Debi7 November 2012 at 18:28

    Great job and I love your lining fabric. Thanks for sharing!

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  33. StitchinByTheLake7 November 2012 at 18:40

    I loved your fabric choices! blessings, marlene

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  34. Denise :)7 November 2012 at 18:41

    Lovely job, Celine! I like the stripes you used for the front and back, too! :)

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  35. Mrs.Pickles7 November 2012 at 19:23

    lovely work thanks for sharing!

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  36. B Greene7 November 2012 at 19:45

    I must make some of these for Christmas gifts - thanks for sharing your project and the inspiration!

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  37. TDJ7 November 2012 at 20:05

    Lovely. I enjoy using my scraps (most of my faves) and up-cycling to a sweet project, just like this.

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  38. Rosa7 November 2012 at 21:36

    Very cute.Thanks for sharing!!

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  39. Judith7 November 2012 at 21:50

    Beautiful fabric choice and love how your little coin purse turned out priceless. Sew Sweet! Thanks for joining in on the hop. Judith, Texas

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  40. mary mahoo7 November 2012 at 22:07

    Your wee purse is awesome. Thanks so much for sharing with us all.

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  41. Linda7 November 2012 at 22:13

    Your purse is so pretty! I love the red lining! Great job!

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  42. gpc7 November 2012 at 22:59

    Your purse is beautiful - how clever to use a tea towel!

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  43. Sallie7 November 2012 at 23:02

    Love your fabric choice! Thanks for sharing!

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  44. Bente-I like to QuiltBlog7 November 2012 at 23:17

    Thanks for sharing, lovely little ourse ☺

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  45. Rosemary B❤️8 November 2012 at 00:07

    Rosemary B here: super cutie colors
    love the way this one turned out, thank you for sharing

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  46. Rebeckah Austin8 November 2012 at 00:17

    Love the red moda fabric!

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  47. Guin8 November 2012 at 00:22

    Enjoyed reading about your experience making this little purse. It is very handsome.

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  48. CeLynn8 November 2012 at 00:38

    What a great way to up-cycle! Your coin purse is pretty :)

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  49. sandra8 November 2012 at 01:23

    Very pretty, I loved the red and black,thanks for sharing.

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  50. barbara woods8 November 2012 at 01:36

    nice purse

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  51. ThreadCatcher8 November 2012 at 02:32

    Good for you, to try something new! Your fabric choices were perfect. Well done.

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  52. MoeWest8 November 2012 at 02:34

    Well done! I like the colours.

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  53. Quilt n Queen8 November 2012 at 03:00

    Great job Celine, I bought 3 too, they are addicting and I wish I had more. Thanks for sharing in the hop. Happy stitching, Pauline

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  54. Liz8 November 2012 at 03:17

    Gorgeous purse. Thanks.

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  55. Vickie8 November 2012 at 03:34

    Really nice fabric choices. You do good work.

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  56. Scrapbook-ChickADoodle8 November 2012 at 03:52

    I like the stripes. Very nice job. Thanks for sharing.

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  57. Scrapbook-ChickADoodle8 November 2012 at 03:52

    I like the stripes. Very nice job. Thanks for sharing.

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  58. Joanne8 November 2012 at 04:04

    How cute! Thanks for sharing your creation with us today.

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  59. LJ8 November 2012 at 04:51

    Money growing on trees sounds spectacular! Even better you could take grafts and make more trees and then the possibilities are endless. lol Lovely little purse. Thanks for sharing with us all.

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  60. Terry@ a quilting blog8 November 2012 at 05:52

    Great job...love the fabrics...thanks for sharing :o)

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  61. Wendy8 November 2012 at 12:46

    Your purse is lovely! I ordered 6 sew ins and 5 glue ins!! I had difficulty matching the bottom seams at first too, until I figured out I had to overlap the two pieces rather than lining them up.

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  62. Maria Kievit9 November 2012 at 04:57

    Nice little purse. thanks for sharing

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  63. Personalized Sketches and Sentiments9 November 2012 at 06:21

    Good to hear that you were able to get your frames for your cute purse (and for the others that you will be making). Great work :o)

    Blessings & Aloha!
    I am at our daughter, son in law, and grandbaby's home visiting, but wanted to stop by and check out the amazing coin purses!

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  64. Brenda9 November 2012 at 14:07

    Beautiful little purse! If you find that money tree please send me some seeds from it so I can get one growing here! LOL!
    hulseybg@gmail.com

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