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From: sewingcybermom
Date: 06-04-2006, 12:26 AM (1 of 28)
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Here's my newest little tote bag purse created for a customer. Hope you like it! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/sewingcybermom/pinkgreentoteinside.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/sewingcybermom/ffc82548.jpg See some of my work here:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ce%20costumes/ |
User: sewingcybermom
Member since: 01-18-2006 Total posts: 58 
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From: Bama
Date: 06-04-2006, 12:42 AM (2 of 28)
That's very cute.  I love all the pockets and the bright colors. When you add the snaps, do you put an interfacing behind it? I'm working on a denim tote and I wondered if the snap would eventually fall out if I don't add some thickness.  The lining fabric is a thinner cotton and I don't want the snaps to show on the outside of the bag.
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User: Bama
Member since: 03-21-2000 Total posts: 2116 
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From: Magot
Date: 06-04-2006, 03:10 AM (3 of 28)
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That is so cool - I wsa wondering how to do pockets inside a bag - now I have an idea from your pictures! Have you ever put zipped pockets in them?
love and kisses, Jan
Guts-R-Us Cells a Speciality DNA to order. |
User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626 
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From: skiNsew
Date: 06-04-2006, 07:51 AM (4 of 28)
| Love your bag! Very stylish with hints of Lilly Pulitzer and Kate Spade. Beautiful professional job. Mary |
User: skiNsew
Member since: 06-09-2005 Total posts: 33 |
From: DorothyL
Date: 06-04-2006, 08:12 AM (5 of 28)
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Very nice. looks very "mod." Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: Patty22
Date: 06-04-2006, 08:23 AM (6 of 28)
Love the bag, especially your choice of trim. Why do you put your label on the bottom? How about the pocket so when her friends ask her to see her new piece of "flare" she can point to your label without dumping out the entire contents  (hey, designers put their name all over their fabric in addition to adding a little metal ornament off the handle or by the closure).
Patty
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User: Patty22
Member since: 03-29-2006 Total posts: 1194 |
From: mozeyrn
Date: 06-04-2006, 11:45 AM (7 of 28)
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I'd love to make something like that for 7 yr old niece! You always make such cool things. Did you use a pattern or make up your own design? Are your labels stick on or did you sew them on? - Maureen.
Learning something new with every stitch!! Kenmore 16231000 |
User: mozeyrn
Member since: 11-29-2005 Total posts: 349 |
From: Sherri
Date: 06-04-2006, 01:30 PM (8 of 28)
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Do you put something in the bottom of the bag to make it look so crisp?
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User: Sherri
Member since: 02-07-2001 Total posts: 357 |
From: esrun3
Date: 06-04-2006, 08:58 PM (9 of 28)
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Great bag-love it but then I used the same lining fabric for a skirt for my dgd along with other polka dot colors attached to a tshirt. Love the colors!
Lyn
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User: esrun3
Member since: 12-02-2004 Total posts: 2345 |
From: plrlegal
Date: 06-04-2006, 10:35 PM (10 of 28)
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SheriO a great thing to use in the bottom of a purse to shape it is plastic canvas. You can purchase it by the sheet at any craft store (Michael's, Hobby Lobby, etc.) Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
Member since: 05-19-2001 Total posts: 318 |
From: Sherri
Date: 06-04-2006, 10:39 PM (11 of 28)
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Interesting I would have never thought of that
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User: Sherri
Member since: 02-07-2001 Total posts: 357 |
From: sewingcybermom
Date: 06-06-2006, 07:07 PM (12 of 28)
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HI everyone!! thanks for all of your compliments! Here are some answers to your questions.. I use a fusible interfacing that I got on e-bay. If you need to know the seller and product, e-mail me and I'll send it to you. I use covered book board for the bottom of my purses. Plastic canvas is popular, but not stiff enough to creat that "crisp" look. I have changed the placement of my label to the side, along with embroidering my business name onto the center pocket. I'll include a photo. Thanks for all of your questions and comments. Frankly, I can't keep up with the orders, so it really wouldn't be a bad thing if the owner couldn't find my label at this point! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/sewingcybermom/IMG_0856.jpg See some of my work here:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ce%20costumes/ |
User: sewingcybermom
Member since: 01-18-2006 Total posts: 58
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From: Karebear
Date: 06-06-2006, 08:30 PM (13 of 28)
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sewingcybermom: the purses are adorable. The skating costumes are beautiful.. you are quite talented. Karen
http://www.dancingwicks.com "If you want to build a ship, don't herd people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." --Antoine de Saint-Exupery |
User: Karebear
Member since: 01-24-2002 Total posts: 338 
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From: Magot
Date: 06-07-2006, 12:03 AM (14 of 28)
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You got me all inspired to I had to have a go ...http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e81/Janicehodge/IMG_2587.jpg No where near as professional as yours and a bit saggy so I'll try some of the stiffening suggestions next time. love and kisses, Jan
Guts-R-Us Cells a Speciality DNA to order. |
User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626
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From: bridesmom
Date: 06-07-2006, 12:10 AM (15 of 28)
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Excellent job for both of you!! I just finished quilting a tote, now I have to finish off the top and add the handles and my pic will be up! But now that I've seen the way you do your pockets I wish I could change mine, but next time!
Laura
Tickled pink with my Innovis 4000D |
User: bridesmom
Member since: 01-21-2004 Total posts: 2026 |
From: DorothyL
Date: 06-07-2006, 06:49 AM (16 of 28)
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Very nice, Jan. What is that button? It looks like it might be older. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: stephi
Date: 06-07-2006, 09:34 AM (17 of 28)
I am so jealous!! You have to have been sewing since you fingers could push the material through the machine!! I am going to start coaching my daughter now so she can sew as nice as you do, LOL!! Very nice work to both of you 
Stephi
"No body knows what it is that I do until I dont do it" "if you do what you have always done you will get what you have always gotten" |
User: stephi
Member since: 03-17-2006 Total posts: 361 
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From: esrun3
Date: 06-07-2006, 09:37 AM (18 of 28)
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Very nice Jan...I was dreaming about mine last night-haven't started it but the concept is there.
Lyn
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User: esrun3
Member since: 12-02-2004 Total posts: 2345 |
From: Sherri
Date: 06-07-2006, 09:49 AM (19 of 28)
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Ok so how exactly would you put the plastic canvas or covered book board in there? Do you just sndwich it between layers or do you tack it to one of the layers. Sher My website
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User: Sherri
Member since: 02-07-2001 Total posts: 357 |
From: DorothyL
Date: 06-07-2006, 10:55 AM (20 of 28)
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Some times I hand tack the plastic canvas down through the holes. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: plrlegal
Date: 06-07-2006, 02:29 PM (21 of 28)
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Cute purses ladies. Every now and then I get on a purse making binge and do several and then I don't do one for quite a while. Sheri I leave an opening in the bottom seam of the lining and insert the plastic canvas through that opening and hand stitch through the outside bottom seam through the holes in the plastic canvas in the middle of each end and in the middle itself to keep it stable and from turning in the bottom of the purse. I have a couple that are made of all washable materials and I just throw them in the washer and dryer. If you have cardboard as the bottom and you try to wash it, it will disintegrate. Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
Member since: 05-19-2001 Total posts: 318 |
From: Magot
Date: 06-07-2006, 03:27 PM (22 of 28)
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Just an odd button I had in my box Dorothy - left over from a coat. I used the Jordy square bottomed bag method on Craftster http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=32204.0 as you pull the whole thing through a hole in the lining it won't really take a hard base. love and kisses, Jan
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User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626
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From: plrlegal
Date: 06-07-2006, 03:52 PM (23 of 28)
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The plastic canvas is inserted for the bottom through an opening in the bottom seam of the lining after the bag has been turned. Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
Member since: 05-19-2001 Total posts: 318 |
From: pinkroses
Date: 06-07-2006, 04:24 PM (24 of 28)
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Those are cute purses. I have a lot of patterns. I need to make some. Pinkroses.
I know I have a guradian angel watching over me. I am very gratefull. PINKROSES
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User: pinkroses
Member since: 11-30-2005 Total posts: 64 
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From: sewingcybermom
Date: 06-07-2006, 11:23 PM (25 of 28)
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Looks great to me! I can't say that my first bag looked that good. I have to admit that I've been sewing since I cut up my brothers yellow searsucker bedspread to make a new dress for my class picture and my mom refused to buy me any more dresses. She bought my fabric, but no go on the dresses. Sooooooo.....that was in 8th grade in hmmmm....1971. Safe to say it's been around 35 years. I should post some of my earlier stuff for kicks and grins! If only she knew I was in my glory with all of that fabric! Thanks for all of the compliments..you guys also inspire me, so keep up the good work! See some of my work here:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ce%20costumes/ |
User: sewingcybermom
Member since: 01-18-2006 Total posts: 58
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From: stephi
Date: 06-08-2006, 09:44 AM (26 of 28)
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I love going to garage sales and thrift stores and finding cool old buttons and toggles and stuff of that sort. My d is gonna hate me when she gets older.
Stephi
"No body knows what it is that I do until I dont do it" "if you do what you have always done you will get what you have always gotten" |
User: stephi
Member since: 03-17-2006 Total posts: 361
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From: DorothyL
Date: 06-08-2006, 09:52 AM (27 of 28)
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Stephi -- Don't overlook antique shops. There was one near here that had TONS of buttons (she sewed). They usually cost less than new ones. It is closed now and most places are hit or miss and sometimes more expensive than necessary but there are a lot of beautiful old buttons out there. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: stephi
Date: 06-08-2006, 10:20 AM (28 of 28)
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Oh yeah I used to antique with my "adopted mom" all the time!! I have a few wooden spools of thread I found while antiquing with her.
Stephi
"No body knows what it is that I do until I dont do it" "if you do what you have always done you will get what you have always gotten" |
User: stephi
Member since: 03-17-2006 Total posts: 361
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