Tuesday 13 November 2012

My Day on the UR Priceless Blog Hop



                                  

Yay! It's finally here - my day on the UR Priceless Blog Hop. It's the day I get to share with you what I've been making. If you are one of the hoppers and are new to my blog, then Welcome! I hope you like what you see!
We have all been making coin purses
The hop is hosted by  Katherine and I need to say a big thank you to Madame Samm  of sewwequilt for providing us all with such a great patten and incredibly detailed step by step photos which ensured that making these was an absolute breeze! You can also buy the pattern on her blog page here

For my first purse I decided that now was the time to break into my new Liberty fabrics fat quarter bundle and make the purse you see at the top of this post. It was the first time I had used a sewn in frame, and there was certainly a lot less swearing than there is with the glue in type. You know if it's not quite to your liking you can undo it and start again, and there's no danger of nasty glue spills just where you don't want them. To sew the fabric into the frame I used a strong linen thread that I normally use for bookbinding. I waxed it first and it worked really well.
For my second purse I indulged in a little embroidery. When drawing on the design I totally forgot about the 1/4" of fabric in the top seam allowance, so the flower is a little higher than I had intended, but I think it works, OK - soft subtle colours - just right for the person, who I can't mention, who will receive this at Christmas.

My final purse is made using some Lu Summers fabric called Summersville. I fell in love with this fabric when I saw it, and I'm amazed I was strong willed enough to cut into it to make this purse. If you love it too then you can buy it here

Well that's my first ever blog hop done. I loved every minute of it, so I'm sure I'll be entering some more.
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53 comments:

  1. Your coin purses are lovely! Thank you for sharing.

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  2. Love them all, so great! Your embroidery is just lovely and a great idea!

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  3. Well, I would say your first ever hop went very well. Your little purses are so cute.
    Great job!

    pnconverse(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  4. Cute little purses...great choice of fabrics...thanks for sharing!

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  5. Oh my, how did you manage to cut into your Liberty? I have a bundle of limited edition Liberty for the V&A fabrics and tried to cut it for the purses but couldn't! Love it though! And at least you get to see the fabrics now on your purse, mine are in a drawer! Love your summersville as well! really great job!

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  6. I LOVE the first one, I also have some Liberty but it's so difficult to cut in!!!!!!

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  7. Wow these are lovely, I know how you feel about the Summersville - they all look great

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  8. Beautiful job all the way. I had a hard time cutting into Summersville too, but I finally did.

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  9. So beautiful.Thanks for shairng!!

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  10. I love the stitching you did. It really made the purse super special!

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  11. The Liberty is so pretty, and I really love your embroidery! I love Lu Summers too, and have made several things with Summersville. Now, I have to find some scraps and make a purse! Thanks for sharing.

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  12. Very lovely little purses and love your fabric choices. Judy C

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  13. Great job on these little beauties! I really like the embroidery one!
    hulseybg at gmail dot com

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  14. Am in love- especially with the first one!

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  15. So nice the one with flowers on it.
    Tanks for sharing

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  16. I especially love your Summersville purse - so adorable!! Thanks for sharing!

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  17. Your little purses are all beautiful! I especially love the center one with the embroidery! Great job!

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  18. Great pouches! Must have been fun to make since you made so many! I really like the embroidered one:)

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  19. Hi!!! Your purses are very pretty!!! Thanks for the fun!!!

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  20. Fabulous purses!
    Thank you for sharing!

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  21. Love the fabric on your little delights :)

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  22. Very cute and your fabric choices are beautiful.

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  23. Your purses are supercute!!! Thanks for sharing

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  24. I'm so glad you shared your purses with us. All 3 are adorable but I love the embroidered one. I don't think the flower looks too high at all. Thanks.

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  25. I love your purses. The embroidered one is my favorite. Thanks for sharing. This has been a really fun blog hop.

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  26. such pretty purses. I love the summersville one, but the one with the embroidery is just gorgeous.

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  27. p.s. you have word verification on!

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  28. They all turned out so pretty. You did a great job.

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  29. Beautiful! I really love that you "indulged in a little embroidery"! It is perfect!

    Blessings & Aloha!
    I am home from visiting our first little grandbaby! Wish I could have stayed longer! But I am trying now to catch up with all the wonderful posts on this blog hop. Yay! I am caught up now, so am here with my visit!

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  30. Very nice! Thanks for sharing!

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  31. Your purses look wonderful! I love the embroidery that you added.

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  32. The embroidery one looks perfect!

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  33. Rosemary B here:
    I love all three. very nice, wonderful embroidery indeed.
    Love the fabric of the first one, really pretty
    Thank you for sharing your creativity

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  34. sweet. love your embroidered one. nice idea.

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  35. I love the Summerville fabric. All of your purses are beautiful! The embroidered purse is really nice! Thank you for sharing with us.

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  36. Charming purses. I am especially partial to the hand stitched flower.

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  37. They are beautiful - I love how you made them uniquely yours!

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  38. Love the Liberty! All are very cute. Thanks for sharing!

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  39. All of your purses are lovely , thanks so much for sharing !

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  40. can I just say...ADORABLE, oh and Spunky..yes spunky ...

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  41. The embroidered flower looks just perfect,this one is my fave :)

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  42. You did a great job with your purses. The embroidered one is special. Thanks for sharing.

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  43. such pretty little purses :) great job getting three of them made!

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  44. Love the embroidery you have on the little purse! Good job on it. thanks for sharing.

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  45. I like the embroidery on your little purse.

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  46. They are all adorable. I especially like the fabric on the last one.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  47. Your creations are adorable!

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  48. OH man, who can resist a summersville print? not me! All your purses are so cute--love the Liberty colors:O)

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  49. Fantastic coin purses! I especially love the one you embroidered. Mmmm... and who can resist Liberty fabrics? Yum!

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