Skirt Purse

[musicaddict05]

I've had this skirt since I was in high school. I outgrew it a while ago, but I thought I could do something with it.

It was a denim mini that had very little shape to it...it was basically a square, so all I did was sew across the bottom.



I had gotten some cool floral print fabric at Jo Ann's from the remnant pile, so I used that to make the strap. 



This was really a project of firsts...it was the first time I made my strap pretty (usually I would just take strips, sew them together, then to the bag)...I doubled sided themso there were no raw edges. It was also the first time I used a strong box to attach the strap to the bag..I was so nervous since my sewing isn't always the prettiest, but it actually came out looking good!!


And here's the whole thing. The body of the bag was plain so I added a pin my friend gave me for my b-day, and I plan on adding a stencil of a band, done in the colors of the strap.