Okay so I don't own any old men's suit coats. So instead I scrounged the fabric scrap bins at my local fabric store for a suitable (pardon the pun) fabric. I found a decorator fabric that had a similar style to the menswear. With some felt, embroidery thread, cotton lining fabric and cute buttons I was off on an adventure to figure out my own pattern for this cute creation.
This is what I came up with...
I would love to give you step by step instruction on how I made this, but its mostly a blur now. It was very time intensive and took a lot of motivation to complete. Motivation I typically do not have.
After posting a picture of this purse on my facebook I immediately had requests from family and friends to make them versions of their favorite sea creatures.
So I undertook two more purse and tote projects. I was nervous. As I have said before just because I have these ideas for projects, it does not mean that I will have the motivation to complete them. Somehow the thoughts of disappointing my sister and good friend was enough of a catalyst to create them their requests.
First was the Octopurse for my sister.
She is studying biology at UC Berkeley. She mostly studies crabs, but she has a soft spot (kind of punny) for octopi. She studied under a professor at UNC Chapel Hill that did biomechanic studies on octopus tentacles. Well and the fact that octopi are just really cool creatures and extremely intelligent.
Sorry random tangent... I made this purse similar to the owl purse. It has two interior pockets and velcro to secure the top. I used embroidery thread to shape out the tentacles. And yes there are eight. Button eyes and a sweet thread smile finish him off.
It was another time intensive project. The legs took forever. But it was definitely worth it. Anything for my big sis.
The last one I have made is for my Asheville buddy.
She also have a random soft spot for jellyfishes. I know she doesn't carry any purse but the one that she currently owns. So I thought of making a tote instead of a purse. Part of this decision was selfish, because I thought a tote would be easier to produce.
So the jellytote was born. I turned out pretty cute. And it did end up being much easier to make then the purses. Much simpler design. No cute button eyes. Although I had to incorporate purple since its her favorite color. I like using information like that to make the creation even more special for the person I am making it for.
I suppose I could have cut up this post into three different posts. But since they were all created from the same basic idea. I thought this was more appropriate.
If you would like more instruction for these bags just let me know. I might be able to explain it better one on one.
This is a good idea for a rainy weekend. Or if you need a gift for a special friend that seems to have everything. Create your own! They won't have anything like it already!
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