Do you remember my embroidered denim patch given to me by a sewing friend? I have been saving it for so long waiting for a special project.
Well I’ve decided what that special project is going to be – this change/card purse for myself. I think I will call it my Coffee© purse … because that’s basically what it is! A place for my Timmy’s card and my coffee change.
It was pretty easy figuring out my pieces – my embroidered denim patch, some cotton for the back, my lining, my interfacing and a bit of Peltex for shape.
Sewing the zipper on one side. 
and the other. I love Wonder Tape but I keep putting it too far away from the edge. You’ll see the trouble that results. 
I will also have to remember to NOT sew so close to the zipper sometimes. 
I picked out my zipper stitching and re-sewed it closer to the edge. It gave me a wider purse. 
It’s looking good now. 
View from the outside.
Zipper opened again, I sewed the lining on, right sides together. 
I turned it right side out and top stitched it. 
Sewing the two outer fabrics together at the bottom left this opening in the lining. 
Now to make the inner pocket.
My large piece of lining was folded in half lengthwise, pressed, sewn together in a loop, pressed again and topstitched on the ends. 
I then turned this piece inside out and pressed the ends in 1″. 
Cute, huh? 
I sewed the bottom shut.
This inner pocket will be sewn into my change/card purse now.
I sewed one side of the lining down. 
Now I’ve got this side to slide the inner pocket into. 
After I sewed in the inner pocket, I hand sewed the lining closed. 
Then I topstitched the four corners of my inner pocket down. 
Not bad. 
Looks ok inside too.
Can you see the misplaced Wonder Tape on the outside around the zipper? I know from past experience that this will dry up and I will be able to pick it off – it drives me nuts being there though! You’d think I would just learn my lesson!
Thanks to my sewing friend for this embroidery patch!
A new pattern for my collection – my Coffee© purse! Now that it’s finished though I have been flooded with ideas on how to make it “easier”. I think I am going to try this one again … before I’m satisfied with the quality of this pattern.
What’s the next project? My friend has commissioned me to make her a bag. Status: I have my cork fabrics and interfacing cut out and have started on it – I think I’m about half way through actually. I’ve even picked out a name for this new bag pattern … The Gemma© Bag! I’ll have more about it the next post.
There were a few lessons learned with this project. Sometimes you sew close to the zipper and sometimes you don’t! Always place your Wonder Tape CAREFULLY! Oh, and finally, sometimes the second time you make something it turns out better than the first!
Do you have any advice you can pass on from your recent sewing experiences?
Happy Sewing!
STASH BUSTING WITH THIS PROJECT? Well, no change again. This project used scraps from my stash. Nothing significant. So still 131.2 meters left!
Edit July 5, 2019 – The Coffee© Purse and the Gemma© Bag are now available in the shop, Lányos Handmade!
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