Bucket Purses

So as I promised here is a little info on my bucket purses. After doing several of the simple patchwork purses I wanted to do something a little more. I was strolling through the Stitcher's Playhouse (my sewing hangout) and saw this cute purse hanging on one of the cabinets. I inquired and they said it was one of the purses they taught in a class but it had been a while back. They did however have the pattern for it for sale so I thought it and boy did it ever give me something to do. The first one I made was a cute little purse that I ended up giving to my Sister for Christmas. I also made a little wallet to go with it.

So I loved the way that turned out so well I made another one. Now this purse's fabric is just absolutely ugly to me, but when I was shopping for it there were a bunch of teenagers in the fabric shop talking about how they would love to have a bag from these materials so I figured I would go out on a limb and try it out. Didn't turn out to bad but I still think its ugly. I used this purse as my Dirty Santa gift for Christmas with the family. I think it went over pretty well. It came with a little wallet as well. OH and I put these little dangle things on it and that took me a while to figure out how to get them sewn on but was worth it in the end.

From there I started with a few others. The camo ones are for my Aunt who loves everything camo, and the plaid is for a cousin which has dangle things as well. There are infinite ways to make these purses and I am sure there will be several more that will come out of my sewing room. Here are a few more.

So that's it for today and for Bucket purses. Let me know what you think!!