I was at a local army surplus store recently and saw some old military cloth ammo bags..perfect for altering and making cute! The guy at the counter asked me what I was going to do with all the bags I was buying..and I told him "why make them into cute purses of course!" He looked at me funny and replied oohh. It seems as though I just see things a little differently than most. In my world old stuff is full of possibilities.. For this beauty I first washed it in the washer on gentle cycle and let air dry. I made the butterfly by cutting out a piece of cream canvas from my fabric stash. I rubber stamped a butterfly on the canvas using chocolate brown ink, trimmed off the excess canvas material, added a copper paperclip from my stash and glued with fabritac. Next I made several fabric flowers (my ultimate favorite project in the world), gathered several buttons from my stash and glued them around the butterfly. To finish off the purse I attached a doilie by spraying it with adhesive, poking the clasp through the middle of the doilie and gluing with fabritac. I'll always see a possibility in an army bag....hmmmm...how would a vintage hankerchief look on one....
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