does anyone know...

some tutorials for making little coin purses?
like maybe some cool shapes like hearts or stars or something?

im sure ive looked at one before...but i dont think i bookmarked it.

im kind of crap with things like craftster and stuff...if anyone wants to link me all those sites

but yeh just little things like this:



i have some fabric and felt and stuff left over and figured i could work on my sewing skills by making stuff like this.

help a girly out if you know any good tutorials!

here's random stuff you may like:

http://www.splityarn.com/split_yarn/2005/10/sew_an_easy_cha.html

http://www.sew-whats-new.com/quilting/coinpurse/instructions.shtml

http://www.swallowhillcreations.com/coin_purse.htm



and you might like this, if you wanna be badass...

http://www.splityarn.com/split_yarn/2006/08/how_to_sew_a_pe.html


and here's a cute lil site all about making bags.

http://u-handbag.typepad.com/uhandblog/2007/01/flexi_fabric_st.html


and this just makes me jealous:

http://www.anh-minh.com/weblog/archives/2007/02/apple_coin_purse.html


in case you give up and wanna buy one instead :

http://www.sewsweetbags.com/accessories.html

I dunno about any sites (part from Craftster ) but if you know how to insert a zipper, you're pretty much all set.

Coin purses like those are just two pieces of fabric sewn together, and turned right side out, unless the stitching was decorative or something.

If you're doing a complicated shape, or if you're using felt, I'd go for cutting the fabric with harddlyyy any seam allowance and just stitch around the edges with a pretty coloured embroidery thread.

If you're using fabric, I'd do the sew with right sides in, and turn out. That doesn't really work for complicated shapes though cus when you poke out all the edges and stuff it still doesn't really look like the shape you wanted :/

And of course, before all that, you sew the zipper to the edge you want it.

And add on applique if ya wanna cutesify it ^__^

That was all assuming you don't want it to be beaded like the one you posted. If you do.. I have no clue lol.

Also, if you were doing a shape like that turtle which would have loads of annoying bits for the coins to get into and you only want the coins to be in the shell part, I'd make a lining that was only as big as the shell part.

nah i was gonna stick to simple shapes like hearts, apples and stuff. and its just left over felt so dont mind really if i mess up.

a made a wee one before with a fold over flap and stuff but was gonna do summat more interesting. i did the basic square just buy sewing the edge really close.

ah ill just give it a go and see what i come up with

ooh well a heart should be easy. I only really use felt when I'm gunna use embroidery thread cus usually when i turn it inside out it kinda stretches .