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One More Classy Closure…

8/23/2005

I finally finished the attachment of the closure for the Not-so-Squatty Sister Sidekick yesterday and got it photographed this morning.

You can see the purse as a whole in the left side bar again. But, I once again used a gemstone donut. This one is a touch bluer than the purse, but I was assured by the gals in my spinning class that it looked nice even though it didn’t match and wasn’t hugely contrasting either.

Gemstone donut is used as a button on the Not-so-Squatty Sister Sidekick.

I did a four strand round braid with left over Manos and then tied a decorative knot in it to hold the gemstone. Then I needle felted the braid so I could clip it to length and then stitched it to the body of the purse with the yarn and again did some needle felting to secure it well and to obscure the stitching.

I sure hope my sister likes this purse!

kristi @ 9:08 am ::

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