Making a Denim Coin Purse

Posted by andrew on Wednesday Mar 17, 2010 Under Coin Purse Designs

Women always look for that buying option which is reasonable for them. Same goes in the case of coin purse as well. Generally coin purses are a bit expensive. But if you want you can make a good looking coin purse by yourself using a pair of your old denim jeans. It looks really cute, small and fashionable piece. And all of the above it is really economical unlike the other coin purses. Here are the things you would need to make a coin purse from jeans – a pair of old denim jeans (with back pockets), fabric glue, scissors, zipper, decorative items like glitter, colored glue and rhinestones etc.

The very first step is to take your old jeans and cut the back pockets if it has any. Now take one pocket face down and lay it down on the clean surface. Apply regular fabric glue on each side of the pocket except the top side. Zipper will be placed at the top side. You will keep your change through that zipper only. If you do not understand this step, simple draw a thin line from the top right corner of the coin purse to the bottom right corner using your fabric glue. Now do the same thing at the left side as well. After that join the bottom right and bottom left corners using the fabric glue.

Now put the second pocket face up on the first pocket which is face down. Apply glue on the second pocket. Press strongly with both your hands in order to seal the tow pockets with each other. Now wait for at least 3 hours to let the glue dry. Attaching the zipper is not that technical a process. You can simply do it by using the instruction given on the manual of zipper. Fix the zipper on the top side of your purse and again wait for one hour.
This is the last step for making your coin purse. Once the purse is dried enough with a zipper on it, start decorating the purse in order to make it look beautiful and presentable. You can decorate as per your wish using the different decorative material. If you wish you can also add one chain as the handle in your coin purse and that is it. Your very economical coin purse using the old pair of jeans has been prepared. You can use it anywhere you wish. This also makes a good gift for someone as it shows the care and affection.

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Why Carry a Coin Purse?

Posted by andrew on Wednesday Mar 17, 2010 Under Coin Purse Choices

You may have asked yourself many times why one would carry a coin purse when it is just used to keep only a few coins.  Well if you think so, this article will tell you the different aspects of usage of a coin purse. The coin purse is not used only to carry a few coins, you can also use it to keep some other small items like credit/debit cards, driving license etc. There are different coin purses available in the market based on different sizes. Some purses are meant to be kept in the pocket of your jeans while others are a bit bigger in size. Coach has got a wide range in size, styles and designs.

Here, we are giving a few reasons why it is important for you to carry a coin purse. First of all, a coin purse is very useful and time saving accessory. Whenever you need some change to give to some shop keeper or at parking lots, you can instantly find the change and give. It makes your bag more organized. You can also put your house keys or car keys inside your coin purse. It is a very safe place and you will be ensured that you have not forgotten your keys somewhere. There are other items like your credit cards, debit cards, bill receipts, parking slips, driving license etc which you can easily keep inside the coin purse. If you keep these things in a big purse, there is always a certain possibility that you loose these things. When these are kept in a small place like inside the coin purse, they are more secured.

You can also keep small cosmetic items like lipstick, eyeliner or lip-guard inside your coin purse. Whenever you need them in case of urgency, just open the coin purse and apply. You seldom use all the items of your makeup kit so coin purse saves you with the problem of carrying full makeup kit. Some coin purses have the key ring already attached to them. You can also use those key rings to keep your keys. By this, you can save to carry other key chains. So now you must have learned that a coin purse is not used only to keep coins. It is a multi purpose accessory and really saves you a lot of time whenever you are out of your home.

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