Reba's Quilts and Machines

Louis Vuitton Clutch zipper replacement and repair May 2, 2017 In 2017, in advance of my friend's move to Australia, I decided to repair her favorite Louis Vuitton wristlet/clutch.  This is an authentic Louis Vuitton.  I am a huge believer in recycling and upcycling, so I searched for a purse at Goodwill that would have an acceptable zipper and hardware, as I wanted something coordinating with the traditional LV monogram colors.  It had to be the correct size and the correct color, a tan or brown to coordinate with the LV leather. After searching for several weeks, I found a fabric purse with coordinating brown leather and a coordinating tan/brown zipper and acceptable gold metal accents.  I carefully seam-ripped both the original purse and the LV purse.  As many of you know, the lining of the authentic LV purse is a tan suede leather, so it can easily rip.  Also, as many of you know who have sewn, you do not pin leather before sewing, the proper m...

In February 2018, I decided to start to create a purse for the upcoming birthday of my good friend Heidi in June. She loves toile fabric, prefers blue toile, and I found an out of print Disney toile print. Her favorite character is Eeyore.  I was so lucky to find a few yards on eBay.  I had to “fussy” cut the Eeyore fabric so Eeyore was centered on the purse sides.   Large panel of Eeyore toile next to deconstructed bottom of Anne Klein briefcase showing silver feet., above.  Close up of Eeyore motif, above. Side of purse with temporary placement of Anne Klein navy patent leather handles.  Navy patent leather handles before removal, above. Close up of Anne Klein hardware, above.  My favorite go-to is Goodwill for purse hardware.  I was able to locate an Anne Klein nylon navy briefcase with navy patent leather handles that looked great next to my toile.  I then purchased a .pdf satchel purse pattern from Etsy.  Deconstructing the nylon briefca...