Transforming ~ Hawaiian Floral Bag

I haven't posted anything in a while.  I'm trying to get an idea for how I'm doing this (this blog) and it just bores me to tears.  This is what I've come up with to try, every 2 or 3 days I will make a brief post (if I have a good topic it will be longer) and pics of the current project.  Now I have to say this, I am not a photographer and   I am not a writer.  So, if my pictures are a little blurry or I make a lot of grammatical errors I'm sorry, just look at my work.  I know how to sew, I am creative, I love to create, and I like to sell my pieces to people who will love them for years to come (I hope at least).  So this is what I've been creating lately.  I have taken another one of my purses that is all ready made and I am tranforming it into something better.

This is my Hawaiian floral bag / purse / tote (I made this bag last year and I have had it up for sale at my Artfire studio ) as it was:

 I am adding ruffles to it.

Those ar the strips that will be turned into nice flirty ruffles.

and here I am working on hand sewing the second row of ruffles

so, I will finish sewing this row on and then make one more ruffle and hand sew it on.  Then I will handsew each ruffle one more time, this will help so it doesn't pull off.  I always try my best to make sure my purses and sewn items are sewn securely so that they don't fall apart. My purses are made to last.  Back to work.

Recycled Denim Jeans ~ Transformation ~ Cool Fun Denim Purses & Totes

As I was getting ready to take new pics of my recycled denim bags I realized I have quite a few of my bags and purses that started as something else.  This set I added to my Etsy shop today was made with some jeans that still had life in them. 
This first one is my bright & colorful jeans bag.

Purse Recycled Denim Jeans and Colorful, Bright Floral Lining
The following purse was made with an olive green pair of jeans.

Tote Bag Recycled Denim Olive Green, Yellow, Pink Purse
This next one was made with a light blue pair of jeans & a pretty pink ribbon fabric.

Purse Pink Ribbon Blue Recycled DenimTote Breast Cancer Awareness
And this is my final purse using recycled denim.

Purse Tan Recycled Denim and Americana Tote

Colorful Kitties Flap Wristlet ~ Bright Colors Cats Purse Charm Pockets

I've been working on a new purse, its made with the corduroy kitty fabric.  It is a wristlet similar to the other little charmers except I am putting a flap on it and a couple of magnetic closures.

Its cute, but I'm having difficulties with the closure, I'm using a magnetic closure on this bag but I don't want the magnetic closure to show, at least not on the front of the purse. The way it is now there is 1 layer of fabric between each piece of the closure.  That means to close there will be 2 layers of fabric between the magnets and although it sticks its not secure enough that I would feel confident that it wouldn't pop open.  I know, I know I will have to fix it, the closure will show on the under side of the flap but not on the front of the purse.  I hate the thought of doing that because it means a lot of ripping out to get to the inside of the flap and take out the closures and put them where I want them and then putting the purse back together again.  But I think it would be secure with only 1 layer of fabric. 
Ive been trying to get my etsy shop up to speed, its coming along. I did a few listings today and I added some links to other items, not sure if that was a good idea or not but we'll see. 
 kathisewnsew Etsy shop

This is Citrus Candy Bracelet by kathisewnsew Its listed for sale in my Etsy shop.

Well time to get back to the chores of the day. 

Bracelets with Vintage Buttons

Romantic Bracelet with Vintage Button

Bracelet with Vintage Button & Pink Turquoise

Bracelet with Vintage Button and Snowflake Obsidion & Coral

Enjoy this beautiful spring day.