Cute and easy purse

I've started thinking about things to sell at craft fairs when they start again in March. I'm also going to add a shop to my website (www.alisoncouchman.co.uk) so new ideas that are quick and easy are what I'm on the lookout for.

I hand dye a lot of my own fabrics and have been thinking about block printing on them too. Zip purses would be a good way to showcase some unique fabrics. So I went trawling the internet to find ideas and patterns.

That's where I found this; 

This is a rather nice tutorial by Erin Erickson on her website called 'dog under my desk'
You can go straight HERE to get the tutorial.

I've had a go at making one of my own and am pretty pleased with it. I changed things up a bit in that I quilted my layers together before cutting the pieces out.

I'm going to try rubbing Markal paint sticks over the quilted areas to totally change the look of it too.

Here's the finished purse.

This is the back . . . . . .

And here it is, just like Erin's, with my headphones in.

I would really like to make a few of these and sell some but it's important to respect the copyright of another artist/author. Erin's pattern clearly says " For Personal Use" but I did find a couple of people selling these on Etsy. They credit the pattern to Erin but I wonder if they actually have permission or not? It really riles me when people spend ages photographing and writing tutorials only to have them ripped off - it's just not fair!!

I've emailed Erin to see if she'll give me permission to make and sell - hopefully she will as she is in the USA and I'm in the UK. Fingers crossed!