Zakka Style Sew Along :: Week 22 - Pleated Coin Purse

Welcome to my stop on the Zakka Style Sew Along!  You can find all the details about this SAL in THIS post.

I was very happy when I was asked to join the sew along and was assigned to make the Pleated Coine Purse, designed by Karyn Valino. 

The only problem which I had was the purse frame. You can buy an original Zakka Frame HERE, but for me, living in Germany, ordering one frame from Canada wasn't making much sense. Unfortunately I couldn't find any other frame (available here) which would fit with the shape and the size with the one needed in the project, so I adjusted the pattern to fit the frames which I had at home (tip for those living in EU - you can find a variety of purse frames on DaWanda, for example in THIS shop). The width of the frames which I had was the same as those required in the book, but the shape was different. Mine were more rectangular, but changing the pattern slightly wasn't difficult:

Dzis moja kolej w Zakka Style Sew Along. O szczegolach tego SAL pisalam w TYM poscie.

Uszylam portmonetke (a raczej dwie) z biglem (Pleated Coin Purse), zaprojektowana przez Karyn Valino. Jedynym problemem byla sama ramka... Oryginalna Zakka Frame mozna kupic w Kanadzie, ale zamawianie jednej ramki zza oceanu specjalnie po to, zeby uszyc jedna portmonetke mija sie z celem. Niestety, nie znalazlam zadnych bigli (w Niemczech), ktore mialyby dokladnie te same wymiary i ksztalt co ten wymagany w ksiazce, wiec zmienilam wzor tak, by pasowal do tych bigli, ktore mialam w domu (szerokosc jest ta sama, tylko kszalt maja inny):

I chose linen as exterior fabric. One with and one without a print. On the one with the print I embroidered three tiny lazy-dazy flowers with Cosmo Embroidery Floss. I also stitched the purse to the frame with the same thread. That was my first time with stitching the purse to the frame (before I used frames without sewing holes) and I have to say it's brilliant! It's so easy and fun :) that I will for sure use such frames more often:

Portmonetki uszylam z lnu. Jedna jest z lnu ze wzorem, druga bez. Na tej ze wzorem wyhaftowalam trzy malutkie kwiatki mulina Cosmo (Cosmo Embroidery Floss). Ta sama mulina przyszylam portmonetke do bigla. Po raz pierwszy szylam przez ramke (do tej pory uzywalam tych zaciskowych) i przyznam sie, ze to o niebo latwiejsze od zaciskania. Szyje sie szybko, latwo i przyjemnie, a i efekt jest bardzo ciekawy:

On the second purse I used plain linen. I added some tiny hexies and three rows of straight stitch on one of the pleats:

Na drugiej portmonetce naszylam malutkie hexagony i przeszylam zakladke sciegiem prostym zolta i niebieska mulina:

For both purses' intreriors I used aqua/mustard fabrics from Cut out and Keep collection by Cloud 9 (I think that's my all-time favourite fabric collection).

Making the purse was fast (excluding the time needed to adjust the pattern to my needs), fun and easy. The pattern gives lots of opportunities (you can fold the pleats differently, add some fancy purse frame, embelish the purse), but I'd say the instructions in the book fit more to those, who have a bit of experience with sewing purses with metal frames. If I would be a beginner, I would have difficulties to make it relying only on the instructions in the book, as there were no pictures/illustrations of the sewing process. Just plain text.

W obu portmonetkach na podszewki uzylam materialow z kolekcji Cut out and Keep  zaprojektowanych przez Cloud 9. Portmonetki szylo sie szybko, a wzor mozna dopasowac i interpretowac w zaleznosci od potrzeb, tylko opis szycia byl malo szczegolowy. Mysle, ze dla kogos, kto ma juz doswiadczenie w szyciu portmonetek z biglem to nie bedzie sprawialo najmniejszych problemow (bo i bez opisu mozna uszyc) ale dla poczatkujacych, brak jakichkolwiek ilustracji z procesu szycia moze byc utrudnieniem (jest tylko tekst).

If you make a Pleated Coin Purse -- or any of the projects from Zakka Style -- I'd love to see it. Join the Zakka Style Sew Along Flickr group to share your finished projects and to get a chance on winning some fabulous prizes! Lindsey from LRstitched has rounded up 24 fantastic prizes from some of the biggest brands in the quilting industry, and she's giving them away on her blog to people who are sewing along with us. Be sure to check out LRstitched to stay up to date on all of her active giveaways. 

I've also got 5 sampler packs of Aurifil thread to give away. All you need to do is to write a comment under this post and tell me the title of your favourite quilt/sewing book. I will randomly draw 5 winners on 3rd of September. Remember, if you are a non-reply blogger, I will not have a chance to contact you.

Jest Flickr'owa grupa Zakka Style Sew Along, gdzie mozna pokazywac prace, uszyte wg wzorow z ksiazki i wygrac nagrody! Co tydzien rozlosowywane sa nagrody spomiedzy osob, ktore szyja razem z nami :) 

Ja tez mam dla was niespodzianke. Mam do rozdania 5 malych zestawow nici Aurifil. Jedyne, co musicie zrobic, to napisac komentarz pod tym postem i napisac tytul waszej ulubionej ksiazki zwiazanej z szyciem lub patchworkiem. Pieciu zwyciezcow rozlosuje 3go wrzesnia. 

Pamietajcie, ze musze miec mozliwosc skontaktowania sie z wami przez e-mail.