Upcycled Purse Made From A Vintage Skirt With Hand Printed Poppies On Recycled Wool
I loved the rich autumn colors in this fabric when it was a boucle skirt (especially the burgundy velvet waistband - divine!) , but it was fraying in several spots and was unwearable. But I couldn't pass it by, so I took it home, deconstructed it, reworked it and sewed it back together, and it's now an adorable purse with my own design of golden poppies printed on the front! In true reduce/reuse/recycle fashion, I re-used fabric from another skirt for the base of the screen print and appliqued in into place, and used a strip of fabric from the hem of the skirt to make the shoulder strap. I've added two magnetic snap sets along the top to keep all your belongings safe! Height: 10" Width: 19" Handles: 38" Thanks for looking and please feel free to contact me with any questions!
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Welcome to Found Beauty Studio! This is my one woman attempt to bring a little fun back into the world with bright and functional recycled found object art. I've always been a maker of things. Always. But if you'd told me when I walked out of college with a bachelor's in theatre arts a decade ago in Massachusetts that I'd end up running my own art studio in Burlington, Vermont, I would have called you crazy. I had plans to go on to a successful and illustrious career in costume and set design, and then took a u-turn and worked in program direction and fundraising for nonprofits, and then as a community organizer for local government, and then burned out on the whole 70-hour-work-week-in-a-cubicle life and headed back to art.
Life takes funny twists and turns, and here I am, happier than I could have imagined in the upstairs of a house in the Old North End with my wood worker husband, three fluffy cats, and two turtles (one of whom is fast approaching 30 years old), using my maker-of-things skills to upcycle found materials into new creations. While I do create fine art pieces, my primary love is creating functional pieces - lamps, tote bags, jewelry, furniture, clothing, home goods, planters…the list goes on. I find great joy in taking a used up, forgotten and discarded object and turning it into a one of a kind piece that someone will use and love.
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