Project: Coat to Purse Transformation

Project: Coat to Purse Transformation

My sister Kirby and I have spent ample amounts of time trying to figure out what to do with this coat. It has the cutest color patterns, but has always fit weird and been too big! After much consideration I thought I'd try a purse...despite my lack of experience. Aye!

Supplies:
Old coat
Zipper
Sewing Machine

So here's the original coat...

Then I pretty much butchered it...

You can kinda see in the pictures below what I did. The original elastic bottom of the coat was doubled together  then used as the bottom support of the purse. The original zipper is actually now on the size, but I added a zipper on the top as well. The pockets of the coat are on each side of the purse. The hood lining was used as the strap. I also added a block of the polka-dots on the side because I wanted the pattern to be more visible.

             

Not bad for my first try!