ACU Purse

For sale $50.00

 

This is a new ACU purse I plan to put on Etsy.com.  I have had some problems however with my computer and I don't know if I can load pictures onto Etsy.com.

Purse measurements are 9 L X 9 W X 5 D.  I used an ACU jacket and striped it.  I love all the pockets on the jacket and Incorporated them in the purse inside and out.  For the shoulder strap I used the collar of the jacket and for the closing strap I used the wrist strap.  I love the hot pink digital camo print.  It has a fun pleated strip at the top.

The front pockets of the jacket are on both sides of the purse with Velcro so you can put your name or have army wife name tapes made like I have for my purse.

 

The sides both look like this.  I used the shoulder pockets, you can add shoulder patches or an American flag to show your support for your soldier. 

 

The inside has lots of room for all your needs.  I like the side pocket.  Finally a place to put the pens and pencils.  I can never find them.

Look for this soon on my Etsy shop called Quiltersdream.

Scripture ACU bag

My daughter asked for her own ACU purse so I made her a scripture bag complete with places for pencils or pens to mark her scriptures.

My new ACU purse

I had to make a new purse my other one was too too big.  I bought another ACU shirt at clothing sales and looked up a pattern http://www.chriswdesigns.com and presto a new purse.  I didn't want to make the straps.  I could not find what I really wanted so in the mean time.

I bought a dog leash.  I know that it is corny.  But it works.

Happy sewing.

I am linked too:
http://somedaycrafts.blogspot.com/2012/07/whatever-goes-wednesday-126.html
http://www.creationsbykara.com/2012/07/look-what-i-made-link-party-7-18-2012.html
http://thecreativeitchboutique.blogspot.com/2012/07/sew-cute-tuesday-72412.html

ACU jumper

 Is she not the cutest thing.  I made her a ACU jumper to match my skirt and my other daughter. 

 I took the spare parts of a acu shirt and pants to make this jumper.  I even made the bows in the girls hair.  The green army material is the same material that I used for my ACU purse.

Here we are in our outfits don't we look, oh wait you can't find us we are camoufl aged.  Hee Hee.  We love you daddy.

linked too:

motivate me monday
http://bellabeforeandafter.blogspot.com
http://thecreativeitchboutique.blogspot.com/

ACU shirt to purse redo

Last week I made a ACU skirt out of my husband old ACU Pants.  This week I had to have a matching purse.  I made this out of his old ACU shirt. I found this cool Army fabric in Spokane WA at the quilts show and decided this is the project to use it with.

This is my skirt.

See how nicely the purse will match the skirt.

I can't really tell you how I made this.  I confess I did not use a conventional pattern.  I basically unpicked the entire shirt and then reassembled it.  I did most of the steps backwards.  for example I put the front and back pieces and zipper in to match the front of what the shirt actually looks like first before I put the sides together.   Then I put the lining pieces in one at a time.  Usually you would make the lining and then sew it to the purse.  I totally didn't do that either.  Then I had it half way assembled and decided I had to have the handle in before I could sew the rest together.  I was not sure it would all come together.  But funny it did and their is only one mistake and unless you know what to look for you will never find it. The next few pictures are of the inside.

I love pockets.  Every purse that I have made I have tried to put in as many pockets as I can.

This is just a view inside from the outside.

This Zipper is like the way you would see the ACU shirt except I put the army fabric under neath.  Cool huh! So when you close the purse it looks like the front of the ACU shirt, in a manner of speaking.  The other pocket on the front is from the left over from the pants.  It is bigger than I planned, but since I didn't plan very well when making this I guess It is OK. 






   

His and Hers ACU's

These are my Husbands work pants for the Army. They are called ACU's.  I like the feel of the ACU's.  I thought what would they look like as a skirt.  You know so they would look more feminine.

Is this much more feminine.  To make this I:

So I took a pair that had frayed ends and unpicked the inseam.  Laid it out and cut the legs off below the knee.

I marked the butt.  Sewed straight down making sure to match the butt seam.  Then sewed it again down the front a quarter of in inch  from first stitch.

With the extra material I laid it under the front opening and pin it to the patch.  Then I sewed down both sides twice like the back seam.  then I finished the raw edges off.  I hemmed the bottom and "walla"

This is the back.  See the oval  that is the butt patch of the ACU's make this cool pattern.

The front with the patch.

The Side view with the big cargo pockets. 

His and hers ACU's.  Isn't it cute.