The one hands-on class I took at Sewing Summit was "Metal Frame Purse" with Kelly of
kelbysews, who has oodles of
cute samples on her blog. Even though I had made one metal frame purse before, it had a sew-in frame.
Basically, these little purses aren't difficult to construct, but I was a bit apprehensive about that glue-in variety!
In reality, it wasn't difficult at all! {Thanks, Kelly!}
So this is my one finish from my time at Sewing Summit. Just a little (8" wide) project, but I have a feeling it'll open a new world as far as making little purses goes.
One of my classmates shared a little trick that, in my opinion, made the final assembly so clean and easy. And that was to top-stitch the entire upper sides and top very close to the edge before sliding the purse into the glue-filled frame. Here, I made another frame purse so I could show you.
That stitching compresses the top edges of the purse just enough to easily slide into the frame, and then, of course, is hidden.
Anyway, I'm kind of fond of my new little achievement, and look forward to trying other shapes and sizes!
