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Boho Festival Bags

Turn a thrift store purse into a Boho Festival Bag!

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/boho-festival-bags • Posted by Mark Montano

Grab your old purses and some fabric (and trim scraps) and turn them into a beautiful, fringy boho festival bag! Be the envy of all your friends!

You will need

Project Budget
Cheap

Time

2 h 00

Difficulty

Pretty Easy
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Description

Grab your old purses and some fabric (and trim scraps) and turn them into a beautiful, fringy boho festival bag! Be the envy of all your friends!

Instructions

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    E-6000 Fabri-Fuse Thrift store purses Various colorful fabrics Sequin appliques Americana Decoupage for Fabric E-6000 Glue DecoArt Patent Leather Paint Trims, ribbons, yarn and fringe

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    1. Paint around the flap of the purse with DecoArt Patent Leather paint *Awesome paint for leather and vinyl 2. Glue fabric on the flap of the purse with E-6000 Fabri-Fuse 3. Decoupage another fabric on the body of the purse with Americana Fabric Decoupage 4. Glue fringe around the fabric on the flap 5. Cut very long pieces of rtim and glue them to the base of the body of the purse and let dry 6. Cover the ends of the fringe with large sequin appliques (or lace) 7. Glue more trim around the edges 8. Tie tassels and more trim to the rings on the side of the purse that hold the straps 9. Glue a large piece of jewelry (or agate slice like I did) over the closure

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    10. Stencil flowers and swirls on the body of the bag with DecoArt Patent Leather Paint 11. Decoupage fabric on the flap with Americana Fabric Decoupage 12. Glue long fringe on the base of the bag with E-6000 Fabri-Fuse 13. Cover the tops of the fringe with large sequin appliques 14. Ad more sequin appliques on the front 15. Done!

  4. Watch how to make them here!