Last weekend I decided to make my own miniaudiere. Why? Because I’m a craft nerd, and I wanted the pleasure of customizing my own clutch rather than buying one in the store which would mean that there would be a HIGH possibility that someone else would be/could be walking around with the same clutch as me. No thank you.
So I ordered my cases and chains, bought the fabric glue and an awesome pair of scissors. Next, I headed to my favourite store, Purl Soho, to look for some cute fabric to cover my purse with. It was torture. Why? Because there were so many beautiful fabrics. How could I even pick just one out of twenty? Note to self: Do not go to Purl Soho without $40.00 in “fun money”.
Finally I got down to assembling my “magnificent creation”. I downloaded the instructions from http://www.tallpoppycraft.com and settled in.
Estimating how much fabric I needed and cutting it out was the easy part. The next part however was a true test of my patience: The Glue.
Side Note: I hate glue. Especially glue that I’ve never used before.
After a couple of disasters, wherein I put too much glue on the cases and it seeped through the fabric, I FINALLY got it right. The instructions said to clip the fabric in place with some clothespins (I used a combination of clothespins,binder clips..and anything I could find that clipped), and let it dry for several minutes. Okay.
I then decided that I needed to distress myself from the Glue Horror before I even proceeded with the rest of the project. Shout outs to my Ipod, Evanescence, Sean Paul, Busta Rhymes and Justin Timberlake. Oh and a cup of Seagram’s Ginger Ale.
By the time the pieces were dried my stress-level was waaaayy down and the rest of the project went off without a hitch. The final result?
TA-DA!
How they hang:
I must say that I'm pretty pleased with myself for doing so well on my first try.
I will be making more of these in the near future.
Look out for the Spring 2012 line.
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