Tuxedo Purse

Function of Long Straps

Zebra Print Liner, Silver Snap

Using Pieced Strips

A great gift

Tuxedo Purse

Learn It

This project was made as part of a Craftsy course:
Stitch & Slash »

Difficulty:

Category: Sewing

Type of item: Accessory

For: Women

Style: Romantic, Mod, Classic

Materials

Charcoal Gray and Winter White Upholstery Fabric Strips, and Black/White Zebra Print Cotton Lining, and a Silver Magnetic Snap.

What was your inspiration?

I am grateful to Carol Ann Waugh for her two inspiring Craftsy online classes, "Stupendous Stitching", and "Stitch and Slash." Those two classes pulled me out of the fog; out of the hum-drum way I usually design and plan sewing projects---it brought me into a new dimension--the land of "There Are No Rules" and "There Are No Mistakes."

Even though I didn't use decorative stitching or slashing this time in creating the Tuxedo Purse, I was able to apply her "fearless" approach. Making my own fabric by combining the gray and white is so neat. I don't think it would have occurred to me to experiment like this--had it not been for Carol's inspiring classes.

What are you most proud of?

I made good fabric choices in this project. Both are upholstery fabrics leftover from other projects, and both fabrics are well matched in thickness and softness.