Pot Holder Purse

Some people love to sew and will do it for hours. Others know how to sew but they prefer much quicker projects. If you can sew well - or not so much - youll appreciate a quick and easy project to create a cute purse for a little girl - or one for yourself. Use pot holders to make the bag and youll be finished with it in just a few minutes. How often do you get to say that you can make a quality accessory for so little time - or money?A couple of square pot holders work great to represent quilt blocks on a purse. Use just two "quilt blocks" and make a small purse for a little girl. Use extra pot holders and you can make a larger purse. The perfect pot holder is a square one with the loop of material for hanging it. Cut the loops off of two pot holders and youll be ready to get started. Or, crochet your own pot holders, and use them. If all you have is quilt blocks, sew them up, and use them.Its the easiest purse in the world: you stack two pot holders so that their right sides face each other and sew around three sides. Make sure that, if the pot holders have images, they are facing the same way. Leave an inch or so not sewn, at each top corner, so you can attach the purse strap. After turning the purse right-side-out its a quick-sew job to attach the strap.You can make a strap from a length of wide ribbon, a lightweight chain, cord, or a piece from a little girls belt. Choose the handle and put one end at one corner of the purse, and the other end at the other corner. Sew these in place and the purse is finished. If you want, you can sew on a snap, Velcro dot, or other closure, at the top inside area of the purse.To make a larger purse, lay two pot holders side-by-side. Do a zigzag stitch so that you adjoin them. Make two sets of two, then stack the sets so that their right sides face each other. Pin and sew around three sides, following the above instructions for attaching the strap. Make a slightly different purse - whether large or small - by sewing a piece of wide ribbon around three sides of the first pot holder, then sewing the opposite side of the ribbon around the second pot holder, to adjoin them. The ribbon band makes the purse a little wider, and gives it a flat bottom.With so many pot holder designs you can choose from - especially online - its fun to make just the purse you desire. Make one featuring your favorite cartoon characters, a particular season, or even a holiday. Since theyre so cheap and easy youll definitely want a collection of the adorable purses.