new murse!

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Well I joined this community a couple of minutes ago because this summer I vow to put my craftiness to use, and I already started by making my first murse (man purse) the other day.

I used an old coat and t-shirts that I never wore anymore. Most of them are skate brands because I used to be into that, haha, but not so much anymore. Anyhow, they all had cute logos and things so I thought they would make a cute bag.

The coat is basically just the lining and it gives the bag it's structure. It's like this polyester quilted type of thing and looks really cute on the inside.

For the strap I tied two belts together and wrapped them with hemp, and for detail I did some stitching around all the t-shirt patches with brown yarn. My fingers hurt so bad from it all because I did not have a thimble. I am certainly buying one for next time.

Anyhow, I have an obsession with murses and I was happy to finally make one to go with the other jillion store-bought ones I have. :)