colee's butterflies bow tuck
 

I made this for a customer.. butterflies were her only request... I had this fabric and played around and ended up with this one..
It has a courdroy bottom and piping to give it a touch of Colleen Casuel Class..lol

it's wonderful. i never get tired of looking at BT's.

Love it, am going to make my 3rd one tomorrow. Addicting little suckers, aren't they ?

LOVE IT!! now, i would love to try the piping...how do you do that??

Very nice purse. I love thje fabrics. You did a wonderful job on it.

doing the piping is easy.. just lay it between your two pieces and pin and sew.. I happen to have a foot for my machine that has a ridge in it for piping and it makes it smooth going.. but I use to do it without one..

Lovely bag! :)

Great fabric choices. Nice bag

That is just beautiful!!! Love that fabric!!!

Awww. That is sooo pretty!

Beautiful! Love the fabric... One of these days I'll get to make a bow tuck purse.

That is so cute! :)

Very beautiful bow tuck I like your fabric.

but how do you make the actual piping?

you can purchase it premade it you want..
or I make mine if I forget to have some on hand.
i cut about 3" wide of a fabric strip that i need to length.
i use cotton rope for the piping itself. I have gotten some from the meat dept at my local grocery store.. just tell them you are making a few roasts.. they give you alot ! I have purchased it from joann's also.
you lay the cotton rope in the middle of your fabric and fold it in half. then you sew along the rope side to hold it in place.. then i cut the raw edges back to either 1/2" or 1/4" depending.. on my bow tucks I cut it back 1/4".

wow great choice with the courdroy I love it. Great bag.

Love the fabric! Beautiful bag. You did a great job.

tyvm ladies.. this was my first use of the courdroy.. i have used,,, faux leathers and suedes and tweeds and such.. but this was a first.. I like it alot..

love the fabric

Very nice. Will coordinate with a lot of different looks.

Very pretty bag.

Beautiful bowtuck :) :) :)

Very nice choice of fabrics! Love this one. I've used a zipper foot in place of a piping foot in the past and it's served me well. I've not made one of these, but after seeing your fabric combinations and the addition of the piping, I just might try it. Thanks for sharing.

Very nice. I like everyone else, never get tired of looking at them. All the beautiful & different fabrics. Gives you a lot of idea's.

you did a great job

Just wonderful, love the color
Have a Blessed day
Ellen

I hope to make one of these some day. Exactly what I want to make. Wonderful BT.