Ethnic Purse (DIY)

I love carrying bright colored handcrafted purses with me. I love potlis, stitched, embroidered or painted purses. There is so much we can do with purses and re-designing them. 

This blog post is about how to re-design a purse. (One of the many ideas).

A brief description: I used a pattu sari to create a new look for my mother's old purse.

So let's get right into it..

Things you will need:

1. An purse which you want to re-design

2. Fevicryl Fabric Glue 

3. A pair of sharp scissors

4. Pattu sari or some rich looking cloth material

Steps:

1. Take the purse and take rough measurements of it

2. Cut pieces of the pattu sari based on the size of the purse

3. Apply Fevicryl fabric glue to the purse and sides of the cloth and stick the cloth to the purse. For the main part of the purse use the part of the cloth that has less work on it.

4. Decorate the borders with pieces of pattu.  Repeat step 3 and stick the pattu to the purse.

 

5. You can add more designs based on your liking. Some of us like our purses to be simple while some of us like them a little more grand. Ultimately we decide and we design.

6. Keep the purse to dry for 24 hours in a place where it won't be touched or moved,

And yay! the purse is ready to be used!