This is my purse that I'm working on. It's Magdalena 's Animals. The end is in sight. I rehooked the dog, it's blue now, and the duck is now purple. That looked pretty good, but now the beak looks too bright. So I rehooked using a lighter purple.
I'm finally happy enough with it to say the hooking is complete. I zigzagged the edges and trimmed the excess linen. Then I steamed it and now it is resting and drying for the next 24 hours. The next step will be to shape it and sew it into a purse. Connie Bradley is going to help me with the putting together and finishing. Connie is the owner of Wool Yankers in Wellington,Ohio. She has a really nice shop, and Connie is so sweet. I 'll need to make the lining, sew the lining in place, finish the raw edge at the top, and add straps. I bought a purse at the thrift store just for the straps. I haven't decided if I'll leave it as an open top or somehow add a closure. Maybe Connie will help with that issue.
And I have three quilts at the longarmers ready for pick up, and two more to drop off. The binding is already made for 4 out of the 5. So I can show you those soon.
I hope your day is a good one. Sue
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ReplyDeleteYour Magdalena project is looking great. I'm looking forward to seeing the purse finished.
Take care,
Julia
You are just a quilting fool! I am sure they are all wonderful!!!
ReplyDeleteMagdalena purse is going to be so cool. I don't mind the hooking, but it is the sewing part that I fall flat on. Connie definitely is the sweetest.
A few posts down...the 1847 Turkey Rug is an Anne Nichols design. I hooked that, too.
I believe I have that pattern somewhere, or at least it looks very familiar. Maybe one day when my disaster of a wool room is cleaned up I'll find it.
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