Tiny, smaller than a muffin, a blueberry muffin... but just as delicious!
Once you've completed the embroidery, cut your pattern pieces. You can see here, I have made two embroideries, enough for two coin purses.
Front, back and sides.
If you would prefer, you can use pinking shears to cut the pieces. I did not as I backed the fabric with a light iron on interfacing for stability and to help prevent fraying, but this is a personal preference and therefore optional.
Take the side piece and sew it to either the front or back... you will be doing the same on both pieces, so it doesn't matter which side you pick to do first.
Clip your corners, as shown on the one on the right.
Now you need to cut out the same pattern pieces in a lining of your choice. Follow all steps as you did for the main body, omitting the embroidery and leaving a hole at the bottom or side of one seam, which will allow you to turn the coin purse right side out, as I will explain later.
Keep in mind when choosing any of your fabrics (main body or lining) the weight or thickness of the fabric. The thicker the fabric, the bulkier your seams will be.
In the case of these two, I chose a light denim weight for the main body and a quilter's cotton for the lining. Both were backed with light fusible interfacing to give stability. Next time I will choose not to back the lining.
Once you have cut your lining and sewn it together just like the main body, you now need to sew the lining to main body.
You do this by placing the lining inside the main body, with right sides touching each other. Stitch together around the top opening of the purse.
Reach in and pull out your lining, then through the hole you left, pull the main body through the hole until the purse is right side out.
Sew up the opening by hand or machine; I always prefer to hand stitch and hide the seam.
Push the lining to the inside of the coin purse. I like to finger press the seam and add a little hand basting to hold it in place. I pin first.
Now you're ready for a kiss.... clasp that is
Kiss clasps come in a variety of sizes. When I first started I planned to use a 1 1/4 inch clasp, but ended up using a 2 inch one instead since the fabric was thick.
You will push the top opening into the clasp, making sure the hinged corners line up to the center of the side panel.
I usually whip stitch the clasp to the purse using regular stitching thread, just to hold it in place before I sew the clasp permanently in place. (Sorry, I forgot to photograph this step)
This stitching will be removed so it doesn't have to be pretty. Some people add glue inside the groove of the frame before sewing so that when they push in the purse it will be set there. I have never used this method.
I like to use a perle cotton, but you can also just use embroidery thread. I start at one side, using a running stitch and sewing into the holes of the frame, I work my way to one side, then I come back in the opposite direction to the other side, resulting in a nice neat line of stitching.
As you can see, I removed the keychain and replaced it with a small beaded tassel because I think it looks prettier.
I hope you enjoyed going through this process with me and perhaps you will decide to create your very own little kiss clasp coin purse.
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