I am very excited to begin voting for Purse Palooza! You can see all of the past posts, prizes, and schedule for Purse Palooza 2014 right here!
Thank you so much to the nearly 250 sewists that entered bags for the event! I was blown away by your bag sewing, and I think congratulations are in order to everyone that entered a bag! Thank you for making Purse Palooza a hit with your beautiful sewing!
From those 250, 22 finalists have been chosen. These bag finalists were selected based on craftsmanship (how well the finished bag was turned out, how well the chosen fabrics work together, final pressing, etc.) and creativity (which can be many things, but a few examples are type of textiles/hardware/embellishment used and how it was executed). The skill level of the bag sewn did not come into play; Purse Palooza is for all skill levels, and so bags of all difficulties were represented among the finalists.
So many of your bags were so amazing that it was extremely hard to narrow down to just 22!
I have assembled a visual poll below with pictures of each bag, as well as the link that the maker submitted to the linky party (which may be a link that will take you to their blog, Instagram photo, Flickr, etc.). You should be able to click on each photo for a larger picture, as well as click on the link to take you to their page to read more about their project (if applicable).
Voting will be open until Friday, November 21st at 11:00PM CT. Please only choose 1 as your favorite.
I hope that you have a great time perusing the finalists and choosing your favorite!
They are all so cute! It is so hard to decide!
Aww, thank you for making me a finalist, good luck to everyone 🙂
Thank you so much for putting my bag in the final 🙂 There are some amazing bags here, I feel honoured to be here. Good luck to everyone.
Thank you so much for making my bag a finalist, I’m blown away to have reached this far! Good luck to everyone.
I’m so happy to be a finalist! Thank you and good luck to everyone!
Hyper noodle…your bag is really rockin! I picked this one INSTANTLY
Thank you so much for picking my bag as a finalist! And a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has voted for me!
Sarah, Can you vote only once or is it once a day? I’ve had several people ask me.
All the bags are great hard to just pick one.
Robin in Washington
Love them all, but have to vote for one! They all did a great job!
Thank you so much for choosng one of my bags #3! I had so much fun seeing all of the pretty entries and feel so blessed to be included! Good luck to us all and happy sewing!
Angie
That was very difficult – it would have been easy to go with any of six to eight of them, and they’re all great in their own unique way.
I’m very happy to be one of the finalists (#15). All the bags are awesome. Thanks for such a great event!
So many amazing bags! I really love seeing all the entries. Thank you so much for this fun event!!
Beautiful!
What a great bags! I’m so glad to be part of it!
ooo… I am so excited I am one of the finalist, so many amazing bags so very many, wow, Thank you!
Beautiful purse!
Brenda Carpenter told me about this site and I voted for YOU!!
How fun is this!!
All beautifully done..
All very beautiful!
Gorgeous eye candy♡
So many lovely ones!!!
Lovely job Melissa!!
They’re all very beautiful. It’s really hard to choose
Love these, so many beautiful ones hard to vote
Tracey Lipman’s bags are beautifu, well made and oh so practical!
I love #10, Tracey Lipman. Her bags are the best! Super Stylish.
Wow, thanks for letting me make the top 22! Some seriously gorgeous bags on that list!
Beautiful. x
Thanks so much for an amazing competition 🙂 I was so thrilled to be chosen as a finalist! So many amazing creations.