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Thursday, April 16, 2009

small projects week-day 4


selvage purse (with iron on vinyl covering)

this was a bugger to make, but totally worth it.
inspiration purse here.

66 comments:

  1. What a fantastic bag! Small project week is really working for you! You are just cranking out greatness.

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  2. .....very nice. Ur begining to inspire me to tackle some projects!

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  3. Your little project has even got you swearing like an Aussie;-)
    (Jodie from Vintage Ric Rac is an Aussie like me).

    Well done, it looks lovely.

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  4. you've inspired me to work on some new projects this week. Love the purse! What will you use it for?

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  5. Anonymous6:11 PM

    I adore it! (standing ovation)

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  6. I can only imagine the time it took to piece together those selvages, but you are right the end product was totally worth it. LOVE it!
    -Suzanne
    JustAnotherHangUp.blogspot.com

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  7. melissa,

    i'm going to use it to cart around all my stuff. :)

    aj

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  8. So nice! I'm very scared of that iron on vinyl.

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  9. Anonymous6:18 PM

    I love it ! So that is what we do with our selvages that we save. You are having a productive week, Amanda Jean. I wanted you to know that I mailed your surprize thank you gift today. The mail person said it would get to you Friday. I will give you a hint. (think dots). Bonita from Northeast FL

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  10. Great tote! I love it!

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  11. haha...i JUST commented this pic over at flickr.

    LOVE this bag.

    and you are on a roll for small projects week.
    hi-5!!!

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  12. That bag is awesome...very pretty. I just started saving mine this week....I had no clue they could be so beautiful!

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  13. Amandajean, I thought you were the most prolific quiltmaker ever - but now it seems you are just as prolific with your small projects.
    Obviously, I love the bag!!! Hope you are having a fun week.

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  14. that's such a cute bag! well done!

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  15. Very cute little bag.

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  16. That bag is divine! I've been saving my selvedges to make something with too (hopefully soon). Any chance of you having a selvedge sewing tutorial on the blog? Thanks for all the inspiration this week!

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  17. it looks wonderful - well done!

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  18. Ohhhh, very cute! Someday selvedges here will get put into some project.

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  19. I know I have said this before but you amaze me. I love this bag.

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  20. oh this is adorable.

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  21. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this bag. I need to get that style down. I just LOVE it!!!!!!!!!! Can you feel my excitment?:):) It's sooooo great!!

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  22. oh my gosh it's the coolest thing ever!!! I've been throwing away my selvedges from the beginning. I will change my ways. You are a superhero.

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  23. I. AM. IN. LOVE!!!!

    Simply gorgeous!!!

    miss you - - - -

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  24. I LOVE selvage projects. I am patiently saving all mine up for a project. Now sure exactly what I'll do... who knows maybe a bag :)
    -Natalie

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  25. Cute! I like the handles!

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  26. Aahhk! (That sound is me sounding amazed and excited at the same time.) This is wonderful! I love it.

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  27. i love how that looks...it is really pretty...i am sure you are going to get many wonderful comments on this one when you go out with it

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  28. Aaaaaahhhh...I love it!

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  29. Wow, this purse is so fabulous! I have a shoe box full of selvages I have been saving for... something. This looks fun!

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  30. I recognize that inside fabric! It's from Joann's! I used it for the outside of a bag then saw Kristin Chenowith's character on Pushing Daisies with an arm sling made out of the same fabric!
    But back to your bag - that selvage is awesome!

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  31. So fun! Some of your "small" projects would be big projects for me. I am so impressed.

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  32. I love "selvage work"! The bag is adorable.

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  33. Dear Amandajean !
    You are sooo creative. I came across your blog just like that and its so nicey put together. You seem to have so much to do with your time. Great ! :). I want to start quilting too. Here in India, its not much of a craze and making quilts out of scraps of cloth is like a 'lowly' thing to do. Here, you do that when you can't afford to buy one from the market.
    Anyway, I am planning to make mine out of Jaipur and Ahmedabad block printed cotton. Will post pictures when I'm done. Thanks agan for inspiring me :))

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  34. it is just adorable!
    Kristina
    priscillacraft.blogspot.com

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  35. love it, love it, love it!

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  36. I love it! How fab, and it will last a long time with the vinyl. Love your blog, gives me such inspriation - must get on!

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  37. Very cute!

    How does the iron on vinyl measure up? I've been toying with the idea of using it on the inside of some of the bags I make.

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  38. I could love this bag .

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  39. so cute! Perfect for spring.

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  40. Oh, I love, Love, LOVE this!!!!!!!

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  41. Lovely! I love these projects. I made a pouch last weekend and had so much fun making it.

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  42. Selvages are fun, aren't they? Very nice bag!

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  43. I can't get over all the wonderful things you're accomplishing this week. Very inspiring!

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  44. MichelleV7:33 AM

    I live in Cranston, RI and the Cranston Printworks selvage in the middle of your bag is right around the corner from my in-laws. It's a small world......Love your work - you are a great inspiration.
    MichelleV

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  45. Great bag! Your short projects week is pretty much my idea of what I can accomplish in half a year! : )

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  46. Oh, my gosh! So cute. Really, I had my doubts as I was waiting for the page to load (yes, still on dial-up here). Do I always say that? I'm a natural skeptic, I suppose. But, I. Love. It. Seriously.

    And okay. The word verification "word" is deendog. It's making me giggle. = )

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  47. It's great! I love that lining fabric, too. I have got to look into that iron on vinyl - it sounds so intriguing.

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  48. I knew I was saving my selvages for something! I love it!

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  49. this is so cute! I will have to investigate that vinyl covering stuff...it sounds intriguing!

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  50. Wow! That looks like a lot of work! Really cute bag!

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  51. Oooh, I love those selvedge projects and yours is adorable!

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  52. that is way cool!

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  53. Anonymous10:28 AM

    I am absolutely loving your small projects series...each project is SO inspiring and has gotten my little self into the sewing room...thanks!
    --Vicki K.

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  54. I can imagine what a PITB that was to sew, but It's absolutely fantastic, love it - nice work!

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  55. What a great way to spend your week doing small projects. The bag is great! Love how the table turned out.

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  56. what a great idea, and well executed. i'm loving small projects week.

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  57. oh yeah! more than worth the struggle to make... it's fantastic and I love those dotty handles too

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  58. Great job on the purse! I love it! :0)

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  59. Saw this on flickr and loved it! I can see how it would be a bugger though :)

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  60. Becky6:44 AM

    This selvage bag is too cute!! I wish I had thought of that!! As I was making a quilt for my best friend who had cancer, I happened to look at the selvage and one of the fabrics said "True Friends" and one said "Best Friends." I couldn't believe it! I still have the selvage edges.
    Your site is so much fun! Keep up the good fun!

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