Sewing circles!

I've been able to borrow a sewing machine from the lovely, amazing, wonderful Polly! (I'm pretty sure she has no idea how grateful I am.) And I am having so much fun with it!

I'd bought some fabrics from nuno ages ago (although the black one with the white hearts I went out and bought today! hehe)

Then, for my first act of prestidigitation, I decided to make a coin purse...

And then another!

  And then another!

And here they all are along with the fabrics used to make them.

I like the idea of giving the purses a bright, happy lining because the outside is quite plain (but still has a subtle girly feel with the hearts I guess...).

If you notice, I gave the third one I made a little handle so it can be attached to a bigger bag or something. I see a lot of purses like that, but thinking practically, I always wonder why because I wouldn't attach my change purse to the outside of my main bag... but that's just me. In any case, the reason I attached a handle (despite that fact) was because I think I'm going to make a plush toy or something to attach (via swivel clip) to the coin purse! hehe

Maybe I'm just a simpleton, but sewing is hard work! :O

It's odd to me that even though I usually work best when I can be spontaneous and can improvise (sometimes to fix mistakes sometimes just because) and both sewing and screen printing - two things I now love doing - inherently must be almost completely planned or it doesn't seem to work so well.
...Or maybe that's just because I'm not yet proficient in either medium.

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