DIY Handbag Design: Wings

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I had some quality art + design time.  

You know what that means: (*wink, wink*) I painted something.

I wanted to use my wings sketch on a handbag.

So I broke out one of my Thirty-One purse skirts,

and promptly began altering it.

Because of its length, this grey purse skirt was perfect for the job.

First, I sketched my design on the bag in pencil.

Then I used a black Pentel gel roller for fabric to trace my design.

The fabric has less cotton content than that of a canvas bag.  

That just meant that I occasionally had to clean little fuzz bits 

off the point of my pens. 

I love my Posca fabric pens.  

Originally, I was not planning to use the white marker, 

but my daughter talked me into it.

Time to put the skirt back on the purse!

I enjoyed this project.  One challenge was finding wings that were appropriate for the size requirements.  Through my sketching, I learned that it's very easy to get wings wrong.  

Let me know if you try this project and what you think about it.

Happy art-making!