ur priceless . . .

Ahhhh . . . the lure of a purse.  From the time we are little girls, purses call to us. They are places we can hide our treasures, pocket our dreams, and capture our memories.  The older we grow, the more the things of our lives seem to find their way into our purses.  Often we carry purses *inside* purses!

The focus of this blog hop has been this *sweet* little purse . . . 

After debating for weeks on a theme and hunting for fabrics, I finally decided it just needed to be fun.  And pretty.  And so for the exterior of my little purse, I used a couple of fat quarters from Paula Nadelstern's Patternista line.  The front and back are Hills and Valleys (in olive and pink) and the sides are Sunstone (in olive and gold).  I have no idea what the interior is, except it's pretty and gilded in gold, so naturally appealing to me (and appropriate for a little purse's interior).

I was a little intimidated about starting this . . . I've never really created something that required *hardware* (zippers notwithstanding).  But it was really quite simple to put together and even my first attempt to stitch and assemble took less than ninety minutes ... including tracing and cutting out the templated pieces and stitching on the handles.  And isn't it just the thing a Neesey with two darling little granddaughters should know how to put together?!?  Think of the marvelous things a little granddaughter could put in her little purse . . . 

Perhaps she keeps her growing collection

Or maybe her secret treasures

Or perhaps her tooth fairy money and allowance

The seashells from her last trip to the beach

What's left of her Halloween candy
(there's no chocolate ... her Neesey ate it all!)

Finds from her walk in the woods

MOMMY!!  Brother took everything out of my purse!

Or perhaps, like her Neesey, she carries a priceless, eclectic mix ... of things she's collected and treasures that remind of her special moments and people, a quarter or two for good measure and something sweet to nibble on -- except there's still no chocolate.

Be sure to check out *ALL* the priceless creations on the rest of today's tour . . .

I Love Wool

I Like to Quiltblog

Keep Your Fork There's Pie

Retired to Quilt

Selinaquilts

From This to That

Jenny E.

Domestic Deficit Disorder

Pig tales and quilts

CherrysPrairiePrimitives

Espritpatch

Maria

Count it *all* Joy!!!  (this is me!  :)

Creative Notions

I would be much remiss if I didn't take a moment to offer a heartfelt thanks to our tireless and creative Madam Samm for this darling idea and the *marvelous* set of instructions ... and our hop cheerleader and organizer, Katherine!  And if you are thinking you'd like to make one (or two or thirty) of these darling little purses, patterns are available HERE!

Thanks for dropping by today ... I hope you were inspired to make a little Priceless Purse of your own

:)