I'm Keeping This One
By Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21741)
Canada
March 3, 2017 7:50pm CST
I used up a few more pieces of the fabric I inherited from my mother.
Random pieces of denim and a corduroy print seemed to be a pleasing combination. A couple of inside pockets to hold my keys, my smartphone and some tissues and the bag is complete.
There have been at least a dozen bags made from the scraps and I've given all of them away.
This one, I'm keeping. I think it will suit me quite nicely.
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
4 Mar 17
Oh I love it. It is great and will suit your perfectly.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
4 Mar 17
I think I could get a lot of use out of this bag. I'm going on holiday next week. It will hold all of my purse stuff plus my iPad.
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
4 Mar 17
You are very talented! It looks really nice.
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@Juliaacv (56195)
• Canada
4 Mar 17
@Morleyhunt I just love bags, I like to have a variety of them for different purposes. When we get settled I am going to try to learn to sew. Would you recommend getting a pattern for something like this to start on? Its been such a long time since my home ec classes or my 4-H training, but some techniques are still very fresh in my memory.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
4 Mar 17
A lot of these scraps would have been destined for the trash, but it's hard for me to throw fabric away so then I. We'd to figure out if I can make something useful out of it.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
4 Mar 17
@Juliaacv when you're ready I can send you the pattern.....commercial patterns are ridiculously priced. I look for free online, or library books or magazines......
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
4 Mar 17
It's really nice! I have always enjoyed sewing but have not even set up my machine here in Florida. I miss it.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
4 Mar 17
@Jeanniemaries often the tangled thread is an improperly threaded machine. That seems to be when I gave the most problems.
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
4 Mar 17
@Morleyhunt It's very relaxing when all goes well. My thread tends to tangle a lot in the machine, I never quite mastered tension.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
4 Mar 17
A lot of the scraps I inherited were not suitable for anything practical. I've made an assortment of bags.
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@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
4 Mar 17
I really love this! I hope you enjoy it. =) You do beautiful work!
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
4 Mar 17
Thanks. This one went together quickly. I finished it on my mothers old trade machine. After a long wait it's finally working...smooth as silk.
@cmoneyspinner (9218)
• Austin, Texas
5 Mar 17
It's been a while since I've sewn anything but I do remember that denim and corduroy are a good fabric combination.
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@cmoneyspinner (9218)
• Austin, Texas
5 Mar 17
@Morleyhunt - Yes the feel of the material is nice but it also very durable. You can keep stuff for years and years!!
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
5 Mar 17
@cmoneyspinner I had a denim purse back in the mid '70's. Now I'll have another.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
4 Mar 17
@Morleyhunt I do not wear jeans, but I have many worn out jeans of my husband.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
4 Mar 17
I have a purpose for all those half worn out jeans as well. They aren't a priority at the moment.
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@garymarsh6 (23979)
• United Kingdom
4 Mar 17
You are so talented, Waste not want not eh!
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@garymarsh6 (23979)
• United Kingdom
4 Mar 17
@Morleyhunt but if you can transform it into something that is usable and useful that is a good thing!
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
4 Mar 17
@garymarsh6 that has been my goal....to use what I can. I have given many of my family members a bag as a memory of mom. At our next get together a few more of the cousins will be able to choose one.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
4 Mar 17
Throwing away bits of fabric is so difficult....but....I also don't want to be buried under the stuff.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
4 Mar 17
I had another that I considered keeping but this one is more the colours I tend to wear and use around me.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
4 Mar 17
@JudyEv after using it for a week (holidays) I'll give an update on its efficiency.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
4 Mar 17
It took a couple of tries, but the picture is up.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
4 Mar 17
@TheInvisibleMan I plan to...Monday it goes out in public for the first time.
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@Fishmomma (11658)
• United States
4 Mar 17
Glad your using the fabric. Its looks really nice. Pockets are great to get out the items you need to use often.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
4 Mar 17
The pattern calls for four big pockets...I make six with one of them being just the right size to hold my cellphone.
@LeaPea2417 (40020)
• Toccoa, Georgia
5 Mar 17
That is very nice how you made that. It looks professionally made. You have a great talent.
@LeaPea2417 (40020)
• Toccoa, Georgia
5 Mar 17
@Morleyhunt I am sure you will do well with it.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
5 Mar 17
Thank you. I'm hoping to open an etsy store this month. I will have some bags as well as quilts displayed.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
4 Mar 17
That's a very pretty purse and a nice keepsake of your mom and your handiwork.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
4 Mar 17
I think I've made at least a dozen. I'll probably make a few more.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
4 Mar 17
It goes for its inaugural outing on Monday.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
4 Mar 17
Years ago Tony paid his Aunt 20.00 and gave her a leopard print fabric to make me one of these purses, I never got my purse but I seen her sister with my fabric.
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