Purse-onality Fun 7 camp

 

All their projects

     Last week was purse camp.  Three of the girls from last week's beginning camp did the purse camp.  

Carmela and her purse

Maggie and her purse

Paage and her purse

     The projects for this camp were all made from a yard a double-faced pre-quilted fabric and a fat quarter. Unfortunately there were not a lot of choices at our local JoAnn fabrics so two of the girls had the same fabric but they used it different ways. 

     The first project we did was the purse.  I cut all the pieces with my rotary cutter. They did need a little help with pressing as the fabric was thick.  They learned how to use Wonder-clips instead of pins for the the thick folded fabric.  They also learned about how to sew 'backwards' by going forward but twisting the fabric around.  This was to prevent broken needles caused by trying to go in reverse over thick layers.

Paage's projects

     Next we did the tissue holder which went quickly.  Because they were sewing so quickly, I decided we had time to add some machine embroidery.  

Maggie's projects

     For their coin purse, they did their first name initial.  They got to choose the font  and color of thread.  They learned how to sew zippers and I even taught them how to make fabric zipper pulls.

Carmela's projects

     Their last project was the billfold.  It involved learning how to sew on bias binding.  It also had a zipper.  I let them embroider their nickname on the billfold.  Paage chose 'Love' as she said it was what her name meant in Korean.  It was fun seeing them choose colors and fonts.  They did such a great job, especially as it was only their second week of sewing.