My New Coin Purse

Well, I finally got around to making myself a new coin purse - which was the whole reason I started making coin purses to begin with.

I used some of Michael Miller's Gypsy Bandana fabric to make it.  It was actually a messed up piece of fabric that I had cut and attempted to make the top part of one of my aprons.  But apparently, the fabric didn't want to be an apron because it wouldn't let me sew it correctly.  I'm not even sure it wanted to be a coin purse, because it had to redo it a couple of times too.

Anyhoo, it's done now.  And I love it.  It's adorable and sweet.  It's in my purse right now, holding my coins :)

I bought these sweet little crocheted flowers and butterflies from littlemargie which I think look really cute and will be gracing some coin purses that I'll have in my shop soon.

I love making these little purses. 

Sweet Little Coin Purse

I've officially finished one sweet little coin purse in my new sewing venture.  It's perfect.  Well..... actually, it's practically perfect.  I got alittle over zealous with the glue and got some of it on the fabric.  So, I'm debating about whether or not to list it in my etsy shop.  If I do, it will be as an oops and at a discounted price.

Here is it:

It's actually a tiny bit of glue that you can barely see.  But I know it's there ;)

My Finished Flower

Finally, I have a minute to sit down and show you what I did with my finished flower.

But first, a little background story.

I'm not a purse person.  I'm a shoe person.  I could spend all day buying shoes and would love to have a million pair.  But purses - nah.  I'm a once a year purse shopper and that's just because I have to replace them when they start to get all crummy looking.  So a few weeks ago, I happened into Kohl's to look at the purses - which were all on sale :)  My last years purse was pretty crummy looking and had been for a couple of months.
I bought a new purse and a really cool wallet (on clearance) but the problem was the new wallet didn't have a pouch for change.  No problem, I thought.  I'll just have a look on etsy and buy a cute little change purse.

As I was looking, I thought to myself, "boy, what a great way to use up scrap fabric and you could embelish them in all kinds of cool ways."  Then I thought, "Duh".  And that's when I ordered purse frames. 

Here is my first change purse:

I have all kinds of embellishment ideas and once I get my pattern perfected, I plan to start offering them in my shop.

Now you know what I did with that sweet flower :)