My Tie Bag

As promised, I designed this little purse from the narrow leftover tie ends of my tie skirt. It is very strong and heavily quilted. The front has a little butterfly catch where the FOE (foldover elastic) hooks through to close the purse. The strap is also from the narrow ends of a tie.

I will be able to show this at our next guild meeting, as it is a quilted item. I might even wear my tie skirt to be really matching!

Skirt Made of Ties

How is this for creative? A very sweet quilting friend gave me this wonderful collection of ties. I want to make a purse out of some special sentimental ties I have and needed a few more. I haven't found or designed a purse I am happy with yet so in the meantime I decided I wanted to use some of the ties. I made this skirt in one day. It was quite easy and fun. It even has a zipper in the back, is already lined and has a nice waist band made out of the leftover strap of one of the ties.

Now the rest of the leftover straps I have on my cutting board to make a very unique purse out of. It will be an original design so will take me a few days. I have the instructions almost worked out and then will set to doing it.