I've spent the past two days working on a purse that I've had the image of in my head for a month or so. It all started with a pink bustier that I bought at an op shop years ago. The boning was all warped and it was too small for me, but I kept it anyway - thinking it would be useful for something, sometime...
Images from the vintage issue of Dujour magazine have also been in my head for awhile and the two kind of meshed together and the bustier turned itself into a purse!
It literally has been two days of cutting, sewing, unpicking, sewing, putting in a frame, sewing, unpicking, sewing and more sewing. I should learn to plan better, but like the origami bag, this purse kind of took on a life of its own once I started. I thought I was finished last night, then decided that it needed some beads, so spent most of today sewing 99 of those on. Like adding a zipper to a completed bag, adding beads to a completed purse is not easy and not recommended!
Anyway, the end result is a very pretty, romantic, one of a kind purse that I really love!
I hope someone else loves it too! If you do, it is available to purchase in my etsy store!
9 comments:
Gorgeousness! I've featured this on my blog today....
This is so clever...oh to be a fly on the wall as you turned a potential undergarment into a purse LOL!
you've done a FAB job! it's incredible!
So lovely! =)
I like!!!!
Wow, those are beautiful! And I can definitely see the inspiration from DuJour.
absolutely stunning-so pretty and feminine x
Love this purse! The detail, the colour, ure very clever!;)
WOW you have so many beautiful bags! You can just see the quality in your work, beautiful job!
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