Dowdy Jumper to Adorable Purse

When I used to work in the classroom, I had a denim jumper with a cutesy fall motif on the chest. It was your standard-issue grade-school teacher shapeless-sack denim jumper. And YES, I did in fact wear it.

Alas, I do not wear it now :-) but something just would not let me part with it. It recalled fond memories of my days in the classroom.

Last night I had a brainstorm. It would make a perfect little purse, using the cutesy motif as a purse flap decoration! I set right to work on it and finished it in time to carry it to the Michigan Fiber Festival this weekend.

The strap is salvaged as well; it began life as one of those D-ring belts. I had three of them, saved because I liked the pattern though I NEVER wear belts. I used two of them in the making of my corduroy purse a few months back, and found one more straggler in the bottom of the drawer, perfect for this purse!

So this was an absolutely FREE purse; a repurposed jumper and belt!