Bag of the Week 41
Friday, October 15, 2010 at 4:03PM Asian Coin Purse
The other night I went out to a workshop. I wanted to take a smaller purse than my usual big, clunky one so I transfered some necessities from the latter to the former. Each time I do this I think: I sure wish I had a little coin purse to put these things in. It seems very haphazard to stick a credit card, drivers license and some bills randomly into a bag. So, needing a bag to post this week, I headed to my studio to make myself something that would suit the bill.
I recently took a class where I started a beautiful Asian style portfolio (hopefully I will finish it this year and post it as a BOTW) and I had some scraps left from the piecing I did for that project. I added some extra strips, cut the resulting piece into two rectangles (about 6" x 5.25") and free-motion quilted them onto a foundation of muslin. I have always admitted I am a pretty lousy free-motion stitcher but I persevere, believing that the only way I will get better is with some practice (I'm not there yet). The coin purse has a zipper at the top and is lined with more cotton fabric.
Now I have the perfect little coin purse to keep my loose items neatly organized in my purse. This took very little time (certainly less than an hour) and I used up some leftovers in the meantime -- bonus!
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