If this adorable Macaron Coin Purse tutorial hasn't made it onto one of your Pinterest boards, yet, you can thank me for helping you rectify this oversight. I made one to swap in the Austin Modern Quilt Guild white elephant gift exchange at our December meeting. I forgot to take a picture, though, so I made another one that I hung on our Christmas tree like an ornament.
This is tiny, precious, and time consuming hand sewing, to be sure. Unlike a hand pieced quilt, though, you can finish one of these in an afternoon ;-) The tutorial uses 1.5" cover buttons, so the finished "coin purse" is itty bitty. I instantly wanted to make bigger ones. The biggest cover button size you can get is size 100, which measures 2.5". Too small! Plus, I couldn't seem to find that size in bulk, and they cost at least $3.00 per button. Your coin purse needs two.
Oh yeah, that's a better coin purse size. The best part is you basically follow the original tutorial to make the giant version. No reinventing the wheel here.
Here are the differences:
1) Since a mini frisbee doesn't come with a back like a cover button, just trace your mini frisbee onto a cereal box and cut just inside the line. You'll wrap this part in fabric in place of a cover button back.
2) My mini frisbees measure 3.5". I cut down a 14" zipper to 12.5". I zipped my zipper closed and measured from 1/8"beyond the end of the zipper pull and cut the zipper off 12.5" from that point. I stitched across the end of my zipper and followed the tutorial instructions from there.
3) I used about a 4" length of ribbon for the loop.
Now get to a party supply store and stock up! These guys are too cute!
Happy Crafting and Happy Mardi Gras!
Claire
that's brilliant! What a great idea :-D
ReplyDeleteThese are lovely, not sure that mini-frisbees are so available in this part of the world but I will certainly be looking out for them now!
ReplyDeleteYour coin purses turned out great. Using mini frisbees for the bigger ones is genius! I love the fabric on the pink one!
ReplyDeleteYour coin purses are adorable. What a clever idea :)
ReplyDeleteLove both versions! Although we don't get mini frisbees here
ReplyDeleteYou're so smart. Those are super cute!
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! *takes deep breath* HAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahaha those are totally adorable, and I'd say you reinvented the wheel (sort of) in a most magnificent way! I came for a visit when I saw your project pinned, and I think you're very clever :) I'll have to look around here to see if we have mini frisbees in Canada - I'm thinking $ store or party stores - would love to make a couple of these :) I love the design of the original ones but there's just no way my wonky fingers can stand up to such fiddly projects, so a larger size will be less intimidating and probably more fun (certainly more useful!) - thank you!
ReplyDeleteBreathtakingly smart!!! I would never have come up with that solution, and I was searching the internet for "something bigger" that would give the same look. Thanks for this sweet post!
ReplyDeleteIs there a pattern? We work with students in the inner city and we're trying to help break the entitlement mentality (found in all areas - urban, suburban, rural and inner city) by empowering students to earn money through creative arts. This is something they might be able to make - a pattern would ensure that each item is consistent.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. I want to make one as well, but not that itty bitty bit. Thanks for solving the issue.
ReplyDeleteSISTER YOU ROCK! I was just trying to figure out a way to do the same thing. One of my favorite English professors told me there are no unique ideas. Whatever you try to resolve, someone has already figured it out. So I searched on the internet and found your solution. LOL. Professor Wells was right. :)
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