Friday, April 26, 2013

A Vintage bag makeover

 The front and outside of the vintage black bag.  I purchased this at a local collectibles shop.  Then I dumped a collections of different green and gold beads in a tray, threaded up my needle and stitched them on the outside of the bag, catching only the outside fabric.  Kind of like a leaf or whatever design.  I just kept adding them until I liked how they all looked.  There are bugle, seed, oblongs, squares, rectangles in the collection.
I also added an initial to the inside in all gold beads.

3 comments:

The Chilly Hollow Needlepoint Adventure said...

My jaw just dropped! How clever! This is fabulous, but sadly, my initial isn't M so this is not for me.

Oh, well, it is a fun and creative way to recycle a purse.

NCPat said...

LOL, sorry, Jane, this one isn't yours. But it is a fun thing to do!

Pamela said...

What a great idea! I love it!