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| Photo by Jen Furman |
2 Girls + 1 Bottle Champagne = Blythe Purses!
I had a fun afternoon drinking champagne and making purses with my friend Jen. She is the super talented Jen Spectacular! You can check out her creativity here
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| Photo by Jen Furman |
We decorated our purses with pretty, summery flowers. They came out so cute!
We used stuff from my stash mainly.
All you need is scraps. But we also did a quick stop at Micheal's. We bought pretty, precut flowers in the scrapbooking section. That made it super easy because they were ready to use!
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| Photo by Jen Furman |
First, we decorated the front half with the flowers sewn in place with a bead in the center. Jen used 1 striking flower as a point of interest. Of course, I had to overembellish with flowers covering the whole front. I painted the centers with pink acrylic paint before sewing them on with the bead in the center.
Then we folded the felt in half with the flowers on the outside (wrong side together) and did a blanket stitch up the sides. Here a short video tutorial on blanket stitch for review if you need it. (It's not my video. Thank you to Red Ted Art for publishing this.)
Finally, we attached just a bit of chain for the strap. You can adjust this to your desired length. This chain is great because it isn't open on the ends, so the thread stays secure, not slipping through the meeting point.
They turned out so darn cute!
We had to dash to the local historic cemetery for some photos!
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| Photo by Jen Furman |
