Purse On Us

This pattern comes from my favorite Japanese bag book (which I’ll blog about anon). It’s made from a too-big pair of pink linen pants and a too-small cotton shirt. The strap is the drawstring from the pants.

Here’s a closeup of the embroidery:

And here’s the lining:

I interfaced the whole thing with a very lightweight interfacing–just enough to help it keep it’s shape without making it stiff. I’m very pleased with how it turned out and as there’s quite a bit of the pants and shirt left I plan on making at least one more. Unfortunately I’ll have to make the strap next time since I used the drawstring for this one.

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That’s the title of a Japanese sewing book I recently picked up from Kinokuniya in Seattle.

It’s a tasty book with 60 little items to sew up. My favourite among them being this one.

Don’t the little bird pouches help the whole book live up to its name? They sure make me feel cozy. My Japanese friend Masumi who came over to help me out with some translation cooed over the whole book. Hopefully a completed bird purse of my own will be up on the blog soon.

If you can’t live without it now that you’ve seen it, the ISBN is 483472235X.

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