Texas Proud

My sister’s birthday is August 22. Last year she asked me to make her a new purse—one to replace the one she was currently using (which I had made for her several years ago). She liked the size and the type of pockets it had. As she said, “all my stuff fits in it just right, and it’s somewhat organized.”

I had the best of intentions of making that “replacement” purse for her special day last year, BUT….it never got made.

This year, on August 1, I made myself a promise to get her a new bag finished by her birthday. The one she was using was made from tapestry with different breeds of dogs as the design. I went tapestry (from my former purse and tote bag making days) stash shopping. There was one floral, but she’s not really a floral gal IMO. There were some cats, and she does like cats, but the Texas design won out.

She was very happy, and it was a surprise!

Side 1 - the big map of Texas:



Side 2 - Southfork Ranch entrance (from the J R Ewing days), Dallas skyline; Texas Flag, west Texas desert; the Alamo:



I'm thinking of making her a leather one as I have a couple of skins that came from Fabric Mart several years ago. I'll let her use this on a while, however.