Thank you to everyone who visited last week and welcome to Wool on Sundays 72.
Although the yarn part of this was finished a few weeks ago, this week I have finished another UFO by turning my crochet flower into a largish frame purse/project bag. I’m VERY pleased with this because it is my first ever attempt at a frame purse and, having improvised this at every stage, I was more than half expecting this would end up being another cushion! I am also very pleased because I bought the frame as part of a joblot on ebay and now I feel more confident about using them :)
I used some green corduroy for the body of the purse and also the lining and I sewed the edges that go into the frame right sides together and turned and this gave a good solid and fairly thick edge. I then sewed this to the frame. Rather than backstitch, which I’ve seen suggested, I used a running stitch through the holes and then back to fill all the gaps. I didn’t use glue and I have not attempted crimping the frame because it feels to me as if the stitching is holding it in place quite firmly. I didn’t add any pockets etc because, during this stage, I had little expectation of success!
I think it has ended up being quite a nice size for small crochet projects, though I don’t have one to demonstrate as yet.
On 25th, I will link this post with Fiona at Celtic Thistle Stitches for her “New to Me in 2015” linky party but, in the meantime, I think I’d better stop crocheting for a bit and get started on some Winter knitting!
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Janine @ Rainbow Hare
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That is adorable, so pretty and extremely cool at the same time! I love it xx
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I like your improvisations. It's a fabulous little purse, Janine!
-Soma
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what a fab bag! Such a cool shape and the way the clasp fits round one of the petals! Very creative of you to come up with this.
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That's a lovely purse and handle it all works so well and the lining and backing. I have tried stitching frame on a purse I made and found it very difficult to get the needle up through the frame holes but there is a knack it is on my list to do though.
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I love this Janine! I have made several frame purses but never a sew-in one, I think I might have to give it a go after seeing yours :)
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Oooooh missus, that's s big one!
I made s small one recently and did the same, no glue, stitched not crimped, mine seems fine, yours is fab. I love the idea of the chunk size too xxx
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