Thursday 12 January 2012

My first frame purse

I found some time and finally made my first frame purse. It's the Fortune Cookie Clutch Purse from U-Handbag Here it is!



If you think it look great, maybe you should take another, CLOSER look or get your vision checked (just joking ;)).


The sewing was easy. Putting the bag into the frame was a nightmare. I started on the edges and continued towards the middle. But when I was on the middle, on the sides purse went out of the frame. So, once again I pushed the purse on the edges and the purse went out of the frame in the middle. And so on and on and on. That's why the fabric on the edges is a bit damaged. That did'n dicourage me though. I'll be making more of frame purses. Just wait and see! But not with cotton fabric anymore. I'll be using upholstery fabric which I prefer.

Any tips of advice on putting the purse into the frame and not killing someone alog the way? Katy, yours look so much better! 

8 comments:

  1. Že tako tripam na ta tip taškic, ampak Tvoja je res prenazarensko lepa ❤ Čestitam!

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    1. Oka, hvala za komentar! Če boš nadaljevala v tej smeri, eno naredim samo zate ;) Ko sem bom malo bolj naučila. Tale res ni za v javnost, bo samo prah nabirala in spomin na prvo.

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  2. Bravo! Mene je zmeraj zanimalo, kako ta okvir natakneš na torbico in ali ga zalepiš ali zašiješ...Španska vas! Verjamem, da je bilo nočna mora, čeprav se nič ne vidi!

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  3. wow, meni je res čudovita.Takoj bi imela eno tako.

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  4. I have some frames to work with...but with leather. Must try...haven´t jet. I imagine I will have the same problems.
    Have you tried to put some yard inside, just to make more wide what you frame?

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    1. Ibb, can't wait to see your frame purse! I'm sure it'll look fantastic. I plan to work with leather sometime soon.

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  5. Meni se tole zdi ena zelo lušna zadeva. Se pa sprašujem, če bi sama vztrajala do konca. Ko me začnejo kakšne stvari jeziti, najraje pustim in grem, dokler se znova ne pomirim :)) Odlično da si vztrajala in držim pesti, da bo tole šlo v prihodnje gladko.

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  6. Hi, sorry I'm late to the party! I have to admit I ignored the u-Handbag instructions when it came to sewing the inner and outer together (gasp!) I sewed the inner and outer together by having the inner wrong side out over the outer which was right side out, stitching all the way round, leaving a couple of inches gap to turn it through, and then slip stitched the opening closed. This gave me a far smoother edge both to apply glue to and to try and shove into the frame. I kind of slid the whole frame over the side of the pouch I was trying to glue, pushing the top bit in first, working from left to right, and then making sure the sides were in okay - I use a small screwdriver to encourage it if need be! once both sides were in, I then used the piping cord to stuff into the frame on the inner side, again using the small screwdriver to keep it shoved well out of sight! Hope that helps, but if not, just drop me an e-mail :o)

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