Loop Handle Purses! They are simple & full of potential — reversible, closable and cute (somewhere in between a full blown purse and a wristlet pouch). I like their aesthetic too, easy and inventive.
I have a new crop up on Etsy — one set of Masked Avenger purses, the other with Happy Elephants decal-ed on. If you’re interested in making some loop-handle purses yourself, I recommend it, come on over here at Singer Co. I had made some flower decal ones before, that I still love.
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Another Elephant Wall Mirror – this time in orange satin, with lots of scraps deployed for elephantine purposes. On sale at my Etsy site now!
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Four elephants, made from my pattern, from St. Bernards upholstery fabric — not yet stuffed, but soon!
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There was a wonderful airy shop on Plaza de Colon, full of fabrics, bags, and these wonderful doll-statuettes. Religious some of them, but with curious stoic faces. I love the Elephant-Robot!
Da House guesthose in Old San Juan had lots of art and no hot water. Before we tracked down the most experienced, Roberto Clemente-loving taxi driver to take us out of town, Ksenia + I had fun in front of the lobby’s giant painting of orange.
Posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago at 8:39 am. 1 comment
I just completed four new Elephant Circle Mirrors, out of fabric scraps, ex-blankets, and old LP record albums. One Blue Satin, one Orange Satin, a Purple Denim one, and a Pink Woven one.
They’re all for sale now over at my Etsy shop here.
Posted 8 months, 1 week ago at 12:27 pm. Add a comment
Elephant! I’ve returned to my elephant obsession, this time in the form of decals. Everything can be sewn with an elephant, with the trunk up with good luck. My favorite is the brightly striped one — it is made from an umbrella that was broken and discarded on the streets of Belfast. If only I could find purpose for all of the city’s dead umbrellas! So much material and metal just lying around in need of a employment, that mission has been living in the back of my mind for four years now. It was surprisingly easy to disassemble and restructure the umbrella fabric, so maybe I’ll go down this road further!
The purple-green bag comes from my batiking days of high school. I was investigating Middle Eastern patternmaking, and I found a tile pattern in a book on mosques that resembled this. I never did anything with that swatch of fabric til now, I like it like this. The other fabrics are upholstery samples thanks to Ida + Ginny, church ladies extraordinaire!
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Make This Elephant!
Want to make your own elephant? The pattern is there waiting for you! Use any fabric, rescue any of your clothing, and make it into a huggable, good luck elephant. Trunk up!
http://penelopebox.etsy.com
What your elephant will look like:
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http://penelopebox.etsy.com — Some are available there!
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