Purse Pattern: Tiger Coin Purse

This is the original idea of what I want to design and make instead of the kitty coin purse!!!! The test purse turned out too gentle and cute, so I made it into kitty purse. This one, with the ferocious look , it resembles more like a tiger now

This purse is 11cm W x 8cm H (11 cm from tip of ear) / 4 ¹/₄” x 3 ¹/₈“. Nice enough to keep some loose coins, notes, credit cards, or you can use it to keep your keys, or cosmetic for touching-up while out.

Just like the kitty coin purse, I used buff color polar fleece to fake the tiger’s fur. This time, I embroidered some branch stitches on the forehead and temporal points to mimic the tiger stripes. I also added a big muzzle on the tiger, sewed some black beads there to exaggerate the expressions. I gave it a pair of black button eyes, so it looks like it is staring at me (roar… I want to eat you, lol!!!). The nose bit is a piece of small black felt.

[At the background is the crochet tote I made many years ago, but I gave it a facelift last year by embellishing it with a daisy, put in lining and a zippy pocket, plus some elastic bands to hold contents in place.]

Let’s get the instruction of how to put the pattern together and sew the tiger coin purse. The method is ….

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Sewing Tutorial: Kitty Coin Purse

I made this kitty purse for my absent minded daughter who always lost or misplace her belongings. The size is just nice to keep some coins and small notes that she can put it in her school uniform’s pocket. The dimension is 8.5cm (W) x 8cm (H) [3 1/4" x 3"].

Like mother like daughter, I was an absent-minded kid myself too (looks like she inherited my bad gene, lol). Well, she lost the crochet purse I borrowed her. She knew that she is in big trouble since I love that purse a lot (she begged me a few times before I agreed to borrow her while waiting for her new purse). That purse was a master piece which I am going to write the pattern out and share it here one day. I had a mixed feeling when she told me that she has lost it at school. Sad that the purse is lost, happy that she expressed regrets about her carelessness  and will try to be careful next time. With the blessing of God, she found it back from the school’s lost and found department! I am happy, not because that the purse is recovered but ….

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The Spiky Hedgehog Purse

I really am in “spiky” fever these few days after making the Triangle Fold Coaster. I transformed those “spikies” into 2 hedgehog purses, which I have named Bluno and Reddy. They measure only about 10cm x 9cm. Bluno is a male hedgehog and Reddy is a female. They met each other in the park on one sunny morning, and this is how their story begins….. click “Next” below the photo to view the full storyboard of their meet-up.

Photographing them was not an easy task as compared with my previous crafts. I normally take indoor photos but this time it’s different. I need to pray ….

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The Born Of “The Dazzles” Vintage Frame Clutch Bag

May be you were wondering why I just showed you only detailed depictions of “The Dazzle” in my previous post and did not write down the process…. Not my style huh~ you are right…. and I am doing it here!!!!

About a month ago, I was having a chat with Sumay, my dear friend, via facebook. She was telling me that she is going to help raise funds for a charity with a party. She was extremely excited about it and told me it is for Rumah Nur Salam which shelters street and stateless children in Kuala Lumpur. She asked me if I wanted to contribute my craft as one of the auction items in this event… “Yes, why not!!!” I replied immediately, it would be so meaningful to contribute my handmade craft for such a good cause.  So, we discussed over the net, brain storming which type of craft should I do, what kind of design and how to make it worth the value in the auction etc…. Since my expertise is in handbag or purse-making, especially ball clasp closure frames clutch, we decided to go with it. This brain storming session for the handbag design took a few days and not only involving Sumay and I, ….

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“The Dazzle” Vintage Frame Clutch Bag

Here it is, I am so proud to present my latest Art of The Handmade Bag work, “The Dazzle”- Vintage Frame Clutch Bag, a bag that I truly put my heart and soul into designing and making it for a meaningful event coming soon. It is one of the items listed in an auction for a fundraising party for an organisation, Rumah Nur Salam that provides a ”safe house” environemnt for street children in the toughest neighbourhood in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  100% of the proceeds will go to Rumah Nur Salam.

For those who are interested to own this one-and-only-in-the-world —- The Dazzle-Vintage Frame Clutch Bag, welcome to the fundraising party. I am not going to make another similar one, so be sure to grab this limited one and only master-piece before somebody else does. Of course you are more than welcome to join in even if you are not eyeing this amazing handbag I made, just join in to have fun while helping to raise funds. Let’s go party at:

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Free Pattern – Crochet Drawstring Bag

I am so glad that my blog’s migration is finally over, phew!!! After numerous sleepless nights fighting against broken links, fine tune the layout (still doing though), adding plugins, widgets, blah blah blah…. I am back to posting again, YAY!!!

As promised, here is my first free pattern for the drawstring bag made from T-shirt yarn, yup, another recycle project for the environment. You can click the image below to get the free pattern link in acrobat .pdf  format.

Before you jump into the free pattern, below are some of the tips on how to get it done. ….

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