Purses for my Nieces!!

Here was my BIG summer project!!! 

They made up really quickly.  It was the lining and the flower, and just "assembling" everything that took the time.  The blog that I found the pattern on, ((link at the end)said that she lined the purses and the handles, so that the would hold up better.  And since these are going to 2 young little girls (Hi Sierra & Hannah!) I wanted them to last!!

Here are the purses in production:

No pics of the purses while I was crocheting them... I was having so much fun - didn't even cross my mind to take a pic!!

Then, I made the flowers.  Sorry I don't have the link for the patterns. I thought those would be easy to find... there are patterns for flowers ALL over the internet....

But, when you need one.... not there....

I hunted and hunted....and finally found some, I think they turned out VERY nicely!

 

Here they are waiting for their "insides" 

I thought it would be hard to find fabric that matched, but it wasn't.

I used yarn that I already had, then after they were all finished, I looked for the lining....

In hind sight, I guess that wasn't the "correct' thing to do...

but, it worked out!!

 Then sewing in the lining....

The final touches: the snaps and the labels....

love the labels.....

Tah Dah!!

 PURSES!!

I learned a lot from making these... they weren't hard.. they were time consuming... but, knowing that my sweet nieces would LOVE them... make it a labor of love!!!

Here is the promised link to the pattern