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Coin Purse

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 I made my first ever coin purse today.  It was an experience, one that I definitely learned a lot from.  For starters, I didn’t really have a pattern or any idea of what I was doing.  I wanted to see if I could make something with just the memory of what it’s supposed to look like and use what I had.  I cut out four squares and sewed them together, the outsides and the insides reversed so that when I reversed them they’d be correct.  That part wasn’t that hard, but because I was using vinyl, I didn’t want to poke holes through the vinyl to keep it all aligned.  I figured out too late that I should have used the binder clips I used yesterday to make the vinyl gift card.  Oh well, you live you learn.  The inner lining is a bit airy among other issues like not having a proper cover for the snaps I bought.  I ended up sewing a part of the flower material from the inner lining to cover it up.  In the end, I wouldn’t call this a success nor a failure.  Just a learning experience, one that was both fun and frustrating.