Crafting for gifts-2009

stardrops42

Thankyou for your comments:D

The sewing of the actual purse bit was quite simple I would say(it has to be for me to follow it!) the only fiddly bit was attaching it to the frame:mad: I got glue everywhere! luckily it all wiped off easy enough:rotfl:

sharon59

You are just so clever stardrops-the purse looks so good-cant believe its your first attempt!

BuddyBonthenet

stardrops42 wrote: »

Thankyou for your comments:D

The sewing of the actual purse bit was quite simple I would say(it has to be for me to follow it!) the only fiddly bit was attaching it to the frame:mad: I got glue everywhere! luckily it all wiped off easy enough:rotfl:

Did you buy the frame or is it one you've recycled? It looks fab!

Giggle

stardrops42 wrote: »

Ooh can I join too:D I'm usually over at the sock monkey thread but have decided to try somthing different. I've decided to have a go at purse making and made my very first purse today:D I've bought lots of funky fabric remenants off ebay and I'm hoping to give the purses as gifts for xmas, birthdays etc. What do you think?

My very first purse


and the inside

fab fab fab why dont you trying making a sock purse now

thevicster

WOW stardrops, that purse is stunning!!

stardrops42

BuddyBonthenet wrote: »

Did you buy the frame or is it one you've recycled? It looks fab!

Hi
I bought the frames from ebay, they came in a pack of 5:D I have to say I wasn't that impressed with the quality, 1 had a dent in it and 1 or 2 were marked but as I'd never made a purse before I figured I'd do even more damage to them anyway:rotfl:

stardrops42

Julie_H wrote: »

fab fab fab why dont you trying making a sock purse now

ooh now there's an idea;)

BuddyBonthenet

stardrops42 wrote: »

Hi
I bought the frames from ebay, they came in a pack of 5:D I have to say I wasn't that impressed with the quality, 1 had a dent in it and 1 or 2 were marked but as I'd never made a purse before I figured I'd do even more damage to them anyway:rotfl:

:rotfl:I didn't know you could buy such a thing!

sandy2_2

Nichelette wrote: »

Thanks everyone, I use E6000 (I think that's what it's called anyway) glue when I need to stick anything together. It's industrial strength stuff which works really well, you can use it on lots of other materials too, a tube is usually about £6 on ebay .

Can I just pick your brains about this glue please Nichelette. When you open it, use some, etc then don't need anymore for a while, des it dry up in the tube like Superglue does. I was thinking about sticking some jewelry wire together to make a star shape, so wanted a dab of glue in the middle to keep the + and x wires in place. Thanx

Giggle

i dont know if this will work fingers crossed

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/fun/gizmo/article2056598.ece