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Felt Change Purse

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This Felt Change Purse is a fun project for Junior and Cadette scouts who are older than the interest of most craft projects, and old enough to be trusted with a needle.  This project takes 1-2 hours to do, depending on how adept the girls are with a needle and thread.  Of course, you can split this into two meetings with doing the cutting & prep work in one meeting and the actual assembly of the purses in another.  There’s a great video on how to do the blanket stitch mentioned:

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Materials Needed:

• Floss #907
• Large eye needle
• Felt – black, purple, turquoise, gold, & pink
• 1″ sticky velcro
• 2 daisy brads
• Tacky glue
• Straight pins
• Fabric die cut machine
• Scissors

Directions:

1. Cut black felt square in half to 6×9″.
2. Fold up 3¾” and pin in place.
3. Thread needle with floss & use blanket stitch to stitch up sides.
4. Fold down flap 1¼”, press with finger to crease.
5. Center sticky Velcro under flap & attach to purse & flap.
6. Use Revolution to cut out flowers & leaves from felt.
7. Attach with tacky glue and daisy brads.

Safety Tips!

1. Adult supervision is required when girls are using scissors and needles.