Furoshiki Purse

This project is definitely one of my favorites. It involves the Japanese technique of folding fabric, Furoshiki. It can be used to wrap anything: gifts, groceries, and even wine bottles. My aunt found several YouTube video tutorials for me and my friends and we all picked it up in a snap. My aunt has a legendary fabric stash, so as soon as we decided to make purses, the sky was the limit!

Here's a great tutorial video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC7MH3EzBWM

A stylish handbag with no sewing! What could be better than that? 

Here are the three (showing restraint!!) purses I made:

These bags were so easy and quick to make. I can't wait to make more!

Bird Purse

With a lot of help from my friends, I made an adorable purse using this free pattern:


http://rae.oostendorp.net/ButtercupBagfinal.pdf

My super crafty friend, Amy, made an entire DRESS out of this bird fabric with yellow fabric details. She gave the leftovers to me for this purse (the birds really reminds me of Charley Harper's illustrations). At one of our weekly dinner and craft nights, she, Jess, and my aunt helped me sew it all up.



I finished it right before winter hit Wisconsin so I haven't been using it because it's much more suited to spring.