{ ...diversions... }

 

sometimes I just like to make things...

no plans, just make something.

 

while I was in Joann's the other day, I saw one of my favorite magazines,

'Mollie Makes'

so i had to buy it.

 

it just so happened to include a free kit

(as most every issue includes a free kit of some sort)

this one was for a little oil coth purse.

how cute...

 

 

 

sweet, but I didn't want to use the oil cloth included....

(i'm crazy like that)

 



pretty, but I wanted something 'different'....

so....

 

I opened the little kit package and took out the supplies:

purse clasp

oil cloth

paper twine

 

 



 

I was thinking of something more like this...

using some of my beautiful, nubby, washed silk matka in a beautiful shade of mushroom....

 

so I sewed it up...

 

then I turned to my trusty threads...

...these are my Gutermann threads in my favorite colors ~

 

 



turned the little purse rights sides out ~

(a little wonky-looking, but hey....)

 

 



grabbed my scissors,

cut out some organic shapes from tiny scraps of wool

...and began freestylin' :)

 

 



I like to change out the colors of my threads to clash/compliment my wools

and I use a variety of simple stitches...

colonial knot

stem stitch

whip stitch

straight stitch

 

 



 

after a bit of staining, then attaching the purse clasp to the top,

...it is finished.

 

 



 

I'm happy with it...

plop in a few coins and save for a rainy day.

 

~ have a beautiful weekend my Friends!

 

Lori from

Notforgotten Farm