Ugly Christmas Vest Meets ME!!

Ugly Christmas vest, great find at the thrift shop.  It is a little off season but I just had a blast making them and wanted to share.  

I can't believe how difficult it is to find the Ugly Christmas sweaters in the junk shops.  I guess it is the fad right now.  The funny thing is when I asked my friends in OK...they didn't know what an ugly Christmas sweater was?!  Hum...but I know they wear them...Many moons ago, I too worked in the public schools.  And I saw them!! 

So if you have an ugly Christmas sweater and you are tired of it, I will take them off your hand. 

This baby made 2 purses!  

I used red crushed velvet for the trim and I top stitched the straps in silver embroidery floss.  The front and back have the same ugly Christmas look.  What else?  Red and green trim around the velvet.  It need just a bit more...pearls and red bells.  The lining is cream with holly and red bows and of course a pocket.  The closure is a magnetic clasp.    

I used funky shiny green upholstery fabric and topped stiched in gold on the straps and top trim. I added pearls to the ugly sweater part...love pearls!  Lining is a green Christmas scene with a crushed red velvet pocket followed by a awesome magnetic closure. 

One side of the Ugly Christmas sweater purse

The other side of the Ugly Christmas sweater purse.

The lining...really hard to take a picture of.  Maybe I should ask the 5 year old to take it.  Merry Christmas everyone.