Purses Galore

Last week, I spent time cleaning our upstairs, including our guest room/Conleigh's room which has turned into a dumping ground for stuff. Included in that stuff were two quilts my dad bought at an auction and then passed on to me. They were hidden up there because, well, because they were in need of hiding. They were UGLY. (Fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down, ugly.) But I needed to do something with them to get them out of that room. So I decided to make some purses out of them. Here's the finished products.

They are on my etsy shop if you want a closer look.

In a similar vein, a ministry in Haiti is providing Haitian women with jobs by teaching them how to sew. This is an important project because many Haitian women are unemployed and dependent upon their husbands/boyfriends for financial support. This can result in woman who feel like they have no alternative but to put up with a man who has bad behavior like alcoholism or who is abusive. Women feel powerless. The women who are associated with this ministry have created some great purses and they are for sale on etsy. Here's the link; it's a great way to empower Haitian women.

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6588389