The Purse Project

Challenging you to create a purse, tote, or bag

Thursday, January 17, 2013

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I finally got ahold of this out-of-print Vogue pattern of an Hermes Birkin Bag. Drool... I can't wait to make this
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Monday, July 2, 2012

I made a reusable shopping tote from trash

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I made a reusable shopping tote by recycling the bag from dry cat food. Check on the details on my Woof Nanny blog .
Wednesday, April 25, 2012

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Nicole Kelner is selling these adorable handmade wristlets for your Iphone. These are available in different fabric choices in her Etsy s...
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Monday, November 1, 2010

Blogs of interest

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Becky has an interesting post about the 25 top purse-related blogs. Read it here .
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Monday, October 18, 2010

Trick or Treat Bag Tutorials

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Who wants a hard plastic pumpkin or an old pillowcase, when you can sew up an adorable trick or treat tote following one of these tutorials?...
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Monday, September 6, 2010

Escama Bags

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I was in the gift store of the Museum of Art yesterday, in Balboa Park (San Diego), and I saw some beautiful bags made from soda can tops by...
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Friday, July 9, 2010

Are the words "handmade" and "sophisticated" an oxymoron?

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Poor neglected blog! I'll have to make a point of stopping in more often. Tonight I have been searching for a purse pattern so I can mak...
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Contest to win a Birkin Bag

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Nadya contacted me from Fab Sugar , informing me that the site will be having a Birkin give away. Normally I don't post things like this...
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Friday, October 9, 2009

Recycling Plastic Bags

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I posted previously about creating "fabric" by fusing plastic bags, but another way to recycle plastic shopping bags is by making ...
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Friday, September 18, 2009

Patterns

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My mom and I attended the annual San Diego Quilt Show today. Normally I love cruising the vendors and buying new gadgets, fabric, and patter...
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Saturday, September 5, 2009

Blog Kudos

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Wow, Cyndilou , honored me with a blog award! My obligation in accepting this award is to name five things that I enjoy doing, along with fi...
Wednesday, September 2, 2009

No more challenges

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My gosh, where does the time go? Sorry for my lack of recent posts, but all my time went into organizing a surprise birthday party for a fri...
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Saturday, August 1, 2009

Fused Plastic

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One of the best types of recycling is when trash is converted to something usable. A perfect example: fused plastic. Yes, you can take those...
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Friday, July 17, 2009

Now that's unique recycling!

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Used Soccer ball purse, as seen on Geekologie

Purse from trash

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Great idea as seen on Dollarstore Crafts : Make a Trashcycled Hermes bag! original post by Brainy Bee on craftster
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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Feed bags to tote bags

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How about recycling feed bags--especially the ones that are stronger than paper. Recycled feedsack bags, by Handcrafted at Wit's End (e...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Map Purse

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Tutorial on Sonya Style, to make a purse from maps She also made a Paris map purse, though I can't find the link on her site (it's ...
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Monday, July 13, 2009

Tote Tutorial

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Laura of Rick Rack Ruby has posted a tutorial on how to make a bag from an Anthropologie dishtowel.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Bear with me

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I apologize for my lack of inspirational posting lately. I have lots of ideas to share, but stress is disabling me at the moment. Let's ...
Monday, June 8, 2009

Time for a new challenge

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I started a purse from neckties a couple of years ago. It was so close to being finished, and I had hoped to finish it for this challenge, b...
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Saturday, June 6, 2009

More Necktie Inspiration, from Etsy

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This bag is aimed to inspire people to create their own bags, but I hope you also support your local crafters. I use Etsy links to both insp...
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Thursday, June 4, 2009

Necktie Coin Purses

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Celeste from CC Star Accessories makes coin purses from neckties Her Etsy shop: CC Star
Saturday, May 30, 2009

An extra week

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Are you guys sewing your necktie purses? Did you know that Amy, from Tie One On , just got 65 apron submissions for her last challenge? 65! ...
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Monday, May 25, 2009

More fun necktie examples

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Ohio State Themed Handbag, made with neckties and Patchwork Coin Purse Both items from Shesu2008's Etsy Shop Tie Belt with Pocket (like ...
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I'm a pet sitter, hence the name Woof Nanny (my primary blog). I don't know how to add a link to 'older posts', but my archives are listed by month in the sidebar, so I hope you investigate. Please feel free to post comments here, or send me an email at barbian7@yahoo.com. Thanks for reading my blog!
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