Snap Bag/coin purse

My friend Andrea is a most clever seamstress. I want to be like her.  Plus, she is neat and tidy and knows how to say NO.

She made a darling little coin purse for me.  She used a tape measure for the snap closure.

I found a tutorial on You Tube  but the inside edges were raw and finished with a zig zag.

  Andrea's example was much classier.  No raw edges.
 
I spent much of Saturday afternoon trying to come up with one that looked like hers.  I should have just asked for the dimensions.  Finally I created one that I liked. 

The possibilities for this technique are endless. You can make different sizes.  Use a larger tape measure for larger purses,though.

I found an unfinished, lined drawstring bag on the sewing table. I put a tape measure closure in it.  I like it A LOT

Because this was originally designed as a drawstring bag, it has no batting for heft.  I made a base for it to give it structure.  I store my Pellon fusible pieces in it for now. 

I fully intend to write out this pattern. As I was driving home from work today I contemplated another technique for inserting the tape measure. I will certainly give it a try.

I used my White ZZ in the treadle for these.  It has a left homing needle which provides a 3/8 inch seam allowance.  I think I will change to a Singer 201 or a 15 when I make it again.  That way I can have the 1/4 inch seam allowance.  I can manage to create a 1/4 inch seam allowance with the White but the fabric does not sit under the right feed dog if I do that.  What's the point?

 I do have a Kenmore 158.1760 all set up in the loft.  I did use it a bit.  It's electric, through no fault of its own, has a center homing needle and  winds a lovely bobbin.  I could have used it to make these little purses.  It's a free arm too.  Yet, something happened to me last summer as I was preparing for the TOGA.  I became a PP convert.  (People Powered).  I prefer the treadle.