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Monday, August 31, 2009

Flower Purse 2 - Update 3

Speed. Of. Light. All the flowers are done. All the brown connectors are done.

All the flower ends are woven in. All the brown ends are tied.

It's so awesome when you're making a one-sided thing because your weaving in doesn't have to be pretty.

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31 Comments leave a comment

Susie said ...

WOW. I don't want to know how many cups of coffee you had to drink to do this so quickly. Actually, I do. There was coffee involved, right?

8/31/2009 8:27 AM

brandy said ...

Wow, that's going to look great! All those ends...so much determination!!

8/31/2009 8:38 AM

Veronica said ...

Your purse makes me happy!

8/31/2009 8:46 AM

Aromy said ...

Lovely! You must have lightning hands! I'm particularly picky about weaving in ends...

8/31/2009 8:50 AM

Lisa Leggett said ...

Wow, that is so beautiful! I can't wait to see the finished project! That is time consuming, I appreciate your tenacity!

8/31/2009 12:08 PM

Kate said ...

Beautiful! I can't wait to see the finished bag either!

8/31/2009 1:35 PM

aimee said ...

That's fast! can you please give me the measurements of the whole thing as I'm making it to but my gauge is way off, and i don't want it to be a super-small handbag.. Thanx! And good luck with the rest of it (peace of cake from now ;))

8/31/2009 4:11 PM

futuregirl said ...

aimee ... I'm being lazy, so I'm pointing you to a post for my first flower handbag:

http://www.futuregirl.com/craft_blog/2008/11/flower-purse-update-5.aspx

where I say that the finished square bit is about 25" by 30". I'm assuming this one is about the same.

8/31/2009 5:00 PM

futuregirl said ...

Susie ... No more coffee than usual. I'm as stumped as you about where all this craft time is coming from. Mostly I do work on the purse while Andrew and I are talking after dinner. Maybe it's because we haven't been able to go on our normal walks lately because of RAIN.

8/31/2009 5:02 PM

Aimée said ...

Sorry, I didn't read back on that, should've done that (guess I'm lazy too).. but that's great thanks!

8/31/2009 5:03 PM

Jennifer Rose said ...

that look so great :D the colours work well together

8/31/2009 5:13 PM

futuregirl said ...

Aimée ... Heaven's no! You're not lazy. I actually had to go through about 8 posts to find the one with measurements. Ha! Now that I think about it, it might have been easier just to measure the thing, but I didn't want to get out of my office chair. Hmmm ... OK, I'm just going to do it ... this one is 21" by 28". I must be crocheting tighter. xo!

8/31/2009 5:14 PM

Zoe said ...

This is beautiful! It's so intricate!! It must have take ages.

8/31/2009 8:44 PM

Kuky said ...

Wow!

A crochet question, if it's one sided do you have to weave in the ends? Is it because they might get through to the front since there are spaces between the flowers? If there were no spaces could all the ends just hang out all floaty inside?

8/31/2009 9:53 PM

futuregirl said ...

Kuky ... Answer: Yep, I weave them in because they would eventually poke out the front. Although, I still weave in ends on my Starling Bags even though they couldn't poke through. It's just nice when the ends are hidden that they can be sorta sloppy.

8/31/2009 10:02 PM

nancymoo said ...

Alice, its beautiful! I wish I had the time, now that school has started back I'm barely getting in eating and sleeping! It'll slow down soon... I hope! I also love that a tiny bit of y'all's feet are showing in the pic... :)

8/31/2009 10:29 PM

Corinne said ...

Wow, you are moving fast on this one. Its looking great!

Oh and did you ever finish your Lion? :)

9/1/2009 10:05 AM

Karin @ made by k said ...

So so nice!!! And (just in case you need to hear it again) I love that you show updates.

9/1/2009 10:26 AM

futuregirl said ...

nancymoo ... Oh! I can feel your frustration from here! :) Hang in there, your free time will come back eventually.

Corinne ... I'm trying to space out the crafty joy. The lion is going to make an appearance here in a couple of days.

9/1/2009 10:27 AM

marietta said ...

your patience is amazing. I love the look of motif projects but getting them is done is hard

9/1/2009 11:08 AM

Aimée said ...

Thanks so much!

9/2/2009 12:14 PM

Karin said ...

Oh wow, I love it. So sunny and fun. Lovely!

9/4/2009 3:42 AM

Carol said ...

You are amazing!

9/5/2009 12:16 PM

futuregirl said ...

Thanks, Everyone!

9/5/2009 9:43 PM

rashida said ...

i want full detail to make flower purse.i don't know to join

6/19/2010 4:38 PM

futuregirl replied ...

rashida ... This post shows you how to connect motifs like these: http://www.futuregirl.com/craft_blog/2008/10/flower-purse-update-4.aspx Good luck!

6/21/2010 12:05 PM

Adriana Sosa said ...

hermoso bolso !!!! tejo crochet pero.... tendras el diagrama para poder hacerlo ?? gracias !!

9/4/2010 6:28 PM

futuregirl replied ...

Adriana Sosa ... The diagram is from a Japanese book. Thank you for your comment. :)

9/13/2010 7:48 PM

viraja said ...

Hi Alice
I am very much impressed by ur blog! When I saw ur Flower bag I am so impressed & want to do one. One thing I did not get how to make is the interlinking the flowers between in brown color! How u did that.. I mean is it another flower? Or simple chainstitch? Please help me to do this bag!
Love,
viraja

8/4/2011 6:08 AM

futuregirl replied ...

viraja ... Thank you for the sweet comment! You are right, it *is* another flower. If you want to make the bag, I suggest you get the book or find a similar pattern. I can't walk you though the whole thing, haha! :)

9/6/2011 11:46 AM

Suzyart said ...

Thanks for sharing the craft...I've wondered how this was put together.

3/3/2012 8:45 AM

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