craftgrrl | ... purse finished late last night ... (Reply)

I call it the "Petty Revenge" purse, because I made it by tearing up my former best friend's favorite shirt. Why former, you ask? Well, she moved in almost 2 years ago for 2-3 weeks, stayed almost 2 months, then ran off and called me from the hospital, then called me a few months later to let me know she was about 5 states away. She left all of her stuff and her 2 cats (I already had 5 of my own at the time). And one of the cats was pregnant (and then we were 8). In that time she's called all of once, and has never asked about her stuff or her cats - one cat she's had since she was a kitten and he's now 11.

But I digress. ;)

Anyway, so that's why this is the Petty Revenge purse (if I ever sell it somewhere, I probably won't tell the story behind it. *giggle* Unless they seem cool or something).

I wanted the handles to be more than just strips of fabric, but I didn't want to use wood or anything like that, so I just made tubes of fabric and stuffed them well with polyfill to make nice, solid handles. I like it a lot. :)

Question:

Does ANYONE know of a good way to turn tubes of fabric inside out? I originally made the tubes inside out but I could NOT get them to turn the right way. I constantly have this problem. I eventually made the handles by folding the raw edges in and then sewing it closed, but I would have LIKED to have hidden the stitching. Any pointers? Anyone ever used one of those doohickys made just for turning little tubes? Worth the $$ and how much are they?

Anyway, there's yet another purse (my husband's starting to get worried, thinking my crafting is becoming an obsession, hahaha - yeah, artist boy who sits at his desk for 5 hours at a time drawing or painting...). Maybe one day I'll take my stuff to a craft fair and see if people are interested. *grin*

~Kissy, off to do yoga before work...