Baby Lulu loves handbags, purses and wallets. She loves getting into my closet and choosing her favorites and then drags it along to the door saying ‘bye bye’ signaling that it is time to go out, she’s ready and even has a bag to prove it. I decided that it was time she had her own bag instead of having to ‘borrow’ mine. She already has a backpack with a plush kitten on it but it is much too big and she loves hugging and kissing the kitten not carrying it. I had lots of felt left over from my last Felt Bunny craze and decided it was time to use the stuff. Felt is so easy to use and if you are a beginner like me, with no sewing machine it is so easy to hand stitch.
I just made the pattern up, added the flower. You cut two of the body, 1 handle, 1 flower and 1 circle for the heart of the flower.
First stitch the heart of the flower and then stitch the flower to one side of the body. Stitch the ends of the handle together so it forms a circle. Then stitch one side of the handle to the body using a blanket stitch. Then stitch the other side.
If you don’t know how to do a blanket stitch, FutureGirl has an awesome easy to follow tutorial with step by step pictures.
You can download the pattern here [BagPattern]. If you make one please share a picture, I’d love to see them.
Happy crafting.
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Moondance - Hammered Sterling Silver Band With Bezel Set Moonstone Cabochon from Etsy seller sabineajewelry
Sterling Silver Starfish Wire Wrapped Ring by Etsy seller Georgie-Designs
Unforgettable -14k yellow gold 4 red rubies 4 black diamonds from Etsy seller beyondtherockz
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Jean Schlumberger’s rendition of an “X,” the popular symbol of love. Ring in 18k gold with round diamonds in platinum by Tiffany
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I am not much of a shopping person or even a fashion person, but I do like to look presentable, elegant and chic. Oh I really do wish I had one of those Jetson wardrobes where I could clickety click, try different outfits on and just click and be done. Well Polyvore is halfway there because you get to look at the different peices together. Their next step should be 3 dimensional imaging on your body (a girl can dream).
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I needed those Polyvore sets to come to me, I even tried some voodoo on them but no they would not listen. So I remembered Yahoo!Pipes, which helps you build your own feeds among so many other things. I love a good challenge, once challenged I rarely if ever back down until I find a solution to the problem being faced. They are now happily flying to my Google Reader.
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Baby Lulu loves handbags, purses and wallets. She loves getting into my closet and choosing her favorites and then drags it along to the door saying ‘bye bye’ signaling that it is time to go out, she’s ready and even has a bag to prove it. I decided that it was time she had her own bag instead of having to ‘borrow’ mine. She already has a backpack with a plush kitten on it but it is much too big and she loves hugging and kissing the kitten not carrying it. I had lots of felt left over from my last Felt Bunny craze and decided it was time to use the stuff. Felt is so easy to use and if you are a beginner like me, with no sewing machine it is so easy to hand stitch.
by Rajaa Alsanea, is like Sex and the City without the sex and in Riyadh instead of New York. Gamrah, Sadeem, Lamees and Michelle are the girls who we follow through a series of emails that were written by one of them which tells their stories.
