yet ANOTHER purse

please allow me to bore you with the details of my latest purse, made for ~~me~~ by ~~me~~.

i love to hoard old upholstery samples.  like, a lot.  i can't get enough even though i have *ahem* several.  i usually get them from the thrift store but i think i got this particular sample from freecycle. 

it has been waiting to blossom into a bag and i chose today to work some sewing magic on it:

tulip purse on

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the upholstery sample was called "jumbo tulips".  it's a nice cotton duck silkscreened with huge silver tulips.  can you imagine a set of curtains with this fabric? 
::sigh::  those 80's designers.
i LOVED it from the moment i saw it and have been waiting patiently for the opportune moment to work with it.  i wanted a really *comfortable* purse.  one that felt comfortable to carry, could carry an elephant and was cute.  and it had to use grommets in some form.  GIANT grommets. 

hardware tulip purse

here's a closeup of the grommets. i loved the way the darts with the grommets forces a gentle curve on the outer walls of the bag.  the clips are from a hideous bag that is in a better place without it's lovely hardware that i got at the thrift store last week.
here are some more pictures ::she says obnoxiously:: :

tulip purse detail

tulip purse

this is the back of it.  i wish it looked more silvery in the pictures!!  *shakes fist at screen*

tulip purse front

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