Hello, hello, sewists!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

The pattern and instructions for these sweet little purses

is in the Spring issue of 

This green version was my first attempt and,

as you can see,

the monogram is oversized for the purse flap

The flap is is an in-the-hoop design and the fabric measures 5″ x 5″

I’ve completed enough in-the-hoop embroidery projects to know that the finished

design will be less than the 5″ x 5″ size,

but I threw caution to the wind, and just added a 2″ monogram – don’t do that!

By the time the design finishes stitching around the edges and the flap

is sewn onto the purse and curves slightly over the top of the bag,

a good portion of the embroidable space is consumed in the construction process

I changed the size of the monogram to 3/4″ on my second version:

much better!

Soft and stable foam is used to give the purse body and structure,

so these binding clips are more effective than pins at

holding those layers together

One change I made to the original instructions was to add ‘D’ rings

on which to attach the handle

The ‘D’ rings allow the handle to hang nicer

and they give a more polished look to the purse than just

sewing the ends of the handle into the side seams as instructed in the pattern

Assembly time on these little sweeties is about 2 hours each

and they are very, very small

A perfect size for your little toddler to store her

miniature toy figurines or other valuables

Have a terrific stitching week, my friends.