Wednesday, November 7, 2012

My contribution to the UR Priceless Blog Hop

Let me begin with thanks to our fearless leaders, Katherine of Sew Me Something Good and Madame Samm.  Also thanks to all of the contributors to this great hop.
 
I am writing this on Sunday evening and setting it up for release on my day, Wednesday. 
 
We live in central New Jersey, and while Sandy was here and has left us without electricity that is all the inconvienience she has caused us. We and our families are very fortunate in this regard.  We are scattered all over the NY/ NJ metro area and while we are not happy due to the electricity issues  and  minimal property damage, thank God everyone of us is OK.
 
Holy cow, we have power, It's 8:15 on Sunday.  We lost power Monday at 8:56, thats 41 minutes short of a week without power.
 
If my power on my lap top holds I will be back to add the other participants for today.(DONE)  If they don't show up, please forgive me, I'll give it my best shot.
 
So on with the show.
 
When I first heard about this hop I just had to make  this little purse, here is the front
 
 
 
and here is the back.

 
I made it for my niece's birthday to go with her birthday goodies from last years Ghastlies Hop.

 
It fits in so well.

 
then I had these great purple scraps that I thought would make a great little purse

 
went to take a second artsie picture but my ever faithful assistant put the cobash on that, they do have very cute bottoms don't they.

 
Last year I made myself a plaid, wool bag.  I still had some scraps and I thought I'd try them out.
I love this little guy.

 
Here they both are.  The assistant is just waiting to pounce.  It is a good thing that she is cute.

 
So now that I tried wool, how about trying corduroy?
 
 
I was just as happy with it as with the wool so I thought that I would make a bag to match it.

 
And then the lights went out.  This is a far as I got before my sewing machine became a table decoration instead of my best friend.

 
 
So here is my line up. Cute as can be and such fun to make.
Sew now please go and visit all of todays other contributers.
 
 
Day 3 - Nov. 7thI Love Wool
I Like to Quiltblog
Keep Your Fork There's Pie
Retired to Quilt
Selinaquilts (that's me)
From This to That
Jenny E.
Domestic Deficit Disorder
Pig tales and quilts
CherrysPrairiePrimitives
Espritpatch
Maria
Count it all Joy!
Creative Notions

You can find the complete list by clicking on the link on my sidebar.
Thanks so much for stopping by.
 

86 comments:

  1. I am so glad you came thru the storm okay. All of your little purses are adorable but that first one is just too cute for words...I gotta tat some of that fabric come payday!

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  2. Your coin purses are fantastic! The Ghastlies is divine. OK so is your helper, lol! Thank you for sharing and glad you made it through the storm.

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  3. so cute! love the corduroy one, what an interesting fabric choice! I know what you mean about the sewing machine actually a table decoration--I have a treadmill that's really a plant stand. ha! Glad to hear you made it through Sandy!

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  4. Fabulous coin purses! Love how you embraced this pattern and experimented with different fabrics - the results speak for themselves. Gorgeous!

    Thanks so much for being a part of the hop. Glad to hear you and your family are okay.

    UR Priceless

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  5. Love all the fabrics you played with, but the wool one is my fav! So happy you are safe and well -

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  6. Fabulous results. Nice to see the use off different fabrics.

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  7. Glad to hear that you survived Sandy. And a week is sure a long time to go without power. I love your purses...especially the purple one. Looks like Easter!

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  8. Great to see the purses in so many different types of fabric - love the plaid one and I'm sure your niece will be adore the Ghastlies purse. Wonderful that you're safe after the storm and that your electricity is finally back - that's a very long time to be without it.

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  9. Very nice and love your fabric choices.

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  10. Love the Ghastlies ones - so superb, the others are great too.

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  11. The ghastlies are cute but I love that tartan Plaid!! and that corduroy!

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  12. I am so happy to read that you have survived Sandy in good health, we were in our thoughts with you all.
    I love your coin purses and the matching bags! Thanks for showing.

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  13. Love your purses and your very cute assistant. Glad your power is back and your family and friends are safe!

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  14. They are all adorable, I especially like the one in wool!

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  15. I love your purses especially the purple one, as it is my favorite colour
    Thanks for sharing

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  16. I'm loving how the different fabrics completely change the feel of the purses. I love both the Ghastlies purse and the green plaid purse.. they "feel" completely different and yet so wonderfully lovely in a different way.

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  17. LOve your purses and happy to hear you survived Sandy!

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  18. Hi Selina...first I am sorry Sandy took away something from so many of you...we will be praying life returns to normal for so many of you....And the trooper you are...still here...and love them all..very unique ...sew unique one of them made it ..well you know...

    just know UR PRICELESS to many of us..

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  19. They are cute as can be! And there is just something about the Ghastlies that gets me every time!

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  20. They are cute as can be, and there is just something about the Ghastlies that gets me every time!

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  21. Your line up of little purses is great. You used some really great fabrics. thanks for sharing.

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  22. All your little coin purses turned out great. I like the idea of matching coin purses to bags.

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  23. Great little coin purses!!

    I'm hosing a coin purse frame giveaway on my blog:

    http://splittingstitches.blogspot.com/

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  24. Glad you and your family are okay, and what a wonderful collection of little coin purses.

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  25. The Ghastlies is so cute but I love the green plain wool! Great job!

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  26. Hi!!! Love the ghastlies!!! Too cute!!! Love the purple you used!! They are all very pretty!!!! So glad you and yours are safe and have electricity back!!!











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  27. Of course, I love that little Ghastlie bag, but your other bags are just priceless. Your matching bags are amazing, too. Thanks for sharing and I'm so glad you survived Sandy.

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  28. nice job, love them all...especially the plaid and ghastlies!!

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  29. Congratulations on being in the top three for today- your bags are lovely!~

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  30. UR Priceless and creative - love the wool plaid - course the Ghastlies are always great. Judy C

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  31. Love all your coin purses especially the first two. Great projects

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  32. That really sucks about the power outage but what you did accomplish is absolutely adorable! My hat is off to you for coming through in a clinch :)

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  33. Good morning Selina, congrats on being in the top 3, luv your parade of coin purses...great fabric choices, now I want to make a wool one, thanks for the inspiration and for sharing in the hop!! So good to hear you are safe and have your electricity back. Happy stitching

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  34. Great job, it is fabulous! Yeah to having power, I'm from Louisiana, so we have a lot of experience with those darn hurricanes. No fun, but glad to here your family pulled through!

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  35. love all the varieties you tried!!

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  36. Great purses! especially the ghastlie one!
    Thank you for sharing!

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  37. Selina, happy you and your family are well and safe. We live 20 minutes from the gulf and been thru many storms. Thankful for my life and beautiful family. I love your coin purses and I will have to find some ghastlie fabric. I have not seen any around our local shops. I have a confession, the corduroy is my favorite. Thank you for sharing...Judith, Texas

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  38. All of your purses are very cute but my absolute favorite is the Ghastlie purse which is just adorable. I'm sorry you've been without power for so long but happy to hear you things are back on.

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  39. Great job on your coin purses and under such conditions!!! Glad to hear you are all safe AND have power back.

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  40. I admire your strength I'm sure glad you are ok. Thanks for the show you have outdone yourself.

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  41. beautiful work, in spite of all your setbacks. you are amazing. I felt lucky to get ONE done.
    ~a

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  42. Love the Ghastlies, Glad you have power again.

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  43. Love some good fun Gahstlie. I also have a bulldog. Yours is darling too! Glad you are safe and you have power.

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  44. Great job! I love your experiments with all sorts of fabrics.

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  45. I'm so glad you came through the storm will minimal effect! All of your creations are adoreable!

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  46. Great job. Love all of your purses.

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  47. UR Priceless and creative - love the wool plaid - course the Ghastlies are
    always great. Judy C

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  48. Love the plaid one ...and also the others.

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  49. Totally in love with the wool one! And of course, the Ghastlie is darling. :) blessings, marlene

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  50. They're all quite darling! I love the matchy-matchy plaids -- how fun! I certainly feel your pain with the power outages. When the tornadoes swept through here last year, we were without power for ten days. It makes one really appreciate the modern conveniences of electricity and the appliances powered by it! :)

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  51. I am so sorry that you have been wiithout power so long - such trying times in your area :-( Your purses are amazing - the Ghastlies one is truly priceless!!!! Thanks for sharing!

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  52. Thankful to hear you are all okay and still in good spirits.

    Lovely creations but love the 'Gastlies?' purse, just perfect.

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  53. your line is absolutely wonderful!

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  54. WOW! beautiful array of purses. I love the wool one the best!

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  55. My hat is off to you! I can't believe you continued to do this hop even without electricity! Thank you!
    Your little purses are adorable! I love them all!

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  56. Glad you and your family are safe and sound after that horrific storm.

    Your coin purses all turned out so pretty.

    I have to say Tink is beautiful!

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  57. Love your purses! Congrats on making the top 2! Lucky girl, your niece--that Ghastlie loot is awesome. Thanks for sharing with us all.

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  58. Love your purses -- the plaid is fabulous, I would never have thought to use that! Glad you are mostly undamaged.

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  59. "Cute as can be" is a very apt description! I WANT that purple one; even though I don't call purple my favorite color, this one just grabbed my fancy. The wool one is lovely though. Great idea of making them to "go with" other bags; perfect!

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  60. Great job! These are wonderful! Thanks for sharing!

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  61. absoutely gorgeous, love your fabric choises!

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  62. Your coin purses are wonderful! I love the wool one and the Ghastlies one (of course). I'm glad you and your family survived Sandy. A week is an awfully long time without power.

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  63. All your purses are lovely. I love the wool one best!

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  64. Glad to hear that your family is all okay! Every one of your little coin purses is adorable,but I really like the plaid one the best!

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  65. Love all your combos. Hope things are good with you.

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  66. Rosemary B here: wowie, I love all of the bags, your little assistant is so cute, I love her! The purple purse is pretty and I love the wool one and the corduroy. REALLY nice
    thank you for sharing your creativity

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  67. Such cute little purses and it was fun to see the bigger bags with the same fabric.

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  68. I loved all of your cute bags, especially the ghastlies one, I have some of that fabric so guess what? The wool is really neat, didn't even think of that. I am glad you came through the storm fairly well and hope this one won't affect you. Thanks for sharing your creativity even under adversity. Sandra

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  69. wow! you did so good. These are spectacular.

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  70. Love your coin purses...the green plaid is my favorite! Glad your power is back on and that your family is safe. Thanks for sharing.

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  71. They are all so delightful. Have to love this Ghastlies, and the tartan plaid is great.
    Congrats on being one of the chosen.

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  72. They are all so delightful. Have to love this Ghastlies, and the tartan plaid is great.
    Congrats on being one of the chosen.

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  73. I'm so hppy everyone is safe! I really like your purse, especially the wool one! Thanks for sharing your creations with us today and good luck on the storm recovery. :-)

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  74. Thankful that you and yours are safe. A week without power! You made some lovely little purses (I esp. like the ghastly one...you will see another one tomorrow!) Thank you for forging ahead and sharing with us.

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  75. Happy you and yours are safe after the hurricane...hopefully, you are not being affected by the latest one today! (our oldest lost power again with this one and has several inches of snow....youngest lost power with Sandy and is still out).

    Great little purses...love the Ghastlie one....thanks for sharing!

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  76. Very. Nice. Thanks for sharing.

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  77. I'm glad to hear Sandy left you all safe, even if she did take the power out for a week. Your purses are just lovely. The corduroy one is fabulous!

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  78. First of all, I hope that you electricity stays up and running! And good to hear that you all are safe. Wonderful purses! How awesome to have an auntie to create wonderful handcrafted gifts. And what a helpful assistant too! lol

    Blessings & Aloha!
    I am at our daughter, son in law, and grandbaby's home visiting, but wanted to stop by and check out the amazing coin purses!

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  79. Those are cuties. Love that you've tried it also with different materials. thanks for sharing.

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  80. I hope you regain the power for good soon. We had an ice storm several years ago and I lost power for 20 days! Your purses are really cute and it good to know that you can use so many fabrics!
    hulseybg@gmail.com

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  81. I'm so sorry you have been going through the aftermath of Sandy. You did a great job on your coin purses...they are great.

    Smiles,
    Kelly

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  82. Glad you have your power back. I think my fav is the plaid.
    Thank you for sharing.

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