Coin Purse Designs

[Sheilajeanne]

My sister-in-law needs a coin purse. She tried to describe to me what it was she wanted, but I just can't picture it. It sounded like the sort of spring closure that has 2 pieces of steel forming each side of the top, and you just press on either end to open it. But then she said the purse 'gets taller when you open it'.

Now, I am REALLY scratching my head!  Can anyone picture what she might be describing?  Oh, and it's small. I made this purse for her for Christmas, and she says it's too big:

https://www.tandyleather.com/en/product/3-pocket-coin-purse-kit

She said it was like the orgami things we used to make as kids. There were 4 parts to them, and you fitted a finger in each part. The parts came together at the top in a cross shape, but you used your fingers to open them from underneath. When open, it kind of looked like 4 orange segments, joined at the bottom, only the segments were square in the inside surface, rather than wedge-shaped.  (The idea was you could move the segments back and forth with your fingers, while you went eni-meni-mini-moe, then the other person would choose one of the inner segments, and you'd lift up a flap that had something silly written underneath it.)

Wish I'd asked her to draw a picture for me. The impression I got from the above was the purse was sort of flat, until you pressed the edges of it, then it would get taller and open up. I am guessing the opening was circular and had 4 parts to it?? If this rings any bells with anyone, please let me know!

 

 

Edited March 11, 2017 by Sheilajeanne

[bikermutt07]

Ok I'll bite. From your description I have seen coin purses with the metal press spring closures (made that term up).

As far as it expanding I'm thinking of something that has gussets on both ends and the bottom. The sides and bottom would then expand with the more coins you add. I picture a profile like a flat topped bowtie. When it is empty it would lay flat-ish.

That's the best I got, sorry.

[Thornton]

http://springfieldleather.com/Frame-Purse-Squeeze-Coin

[Halitech]

The only 2 things that come to mind for me are these: https://www.tandyleather.ca/en/product/squeeze-frame

and these:

 

https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/498438190/vintage-tooled-leather-coin-purse-with?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=leather coin purse&ref=sr_gallery_26

[Sheilajeanne]

The squeeze frame was what I originally pictured, but from her description, I knew it must be something more like Halitech's second picture.

Halitech, wow, that is something REALLY different! Going to check it out to see how hard it would be to make one!

 

[Halitech]

cutting it out, that's the easy part. Getting all the fold lines in the right place, that's the hard part :/

 

[Sheilajeanne]

And now, the link doesn't work! Do you have a patterns for it?

 

 

[Thornton]

Do a search in the pattern forum for coin purse. Look for the thread titled pinwheel coin purse.

[Sheilajeanne]

Found it! It's called a pinwheel coin purse: http://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/68150-whell-coin-purse/

Looks like a fun design, and it doesn't use much leather, so if I foul up the first time around, it won't cost me much to try again!

Thank you SO much!

[Sheilajeanne]

And I just made one out of paper, after printing up the template on my computer!  Took me only about 15 minutes... had no idea it was so simple!

[Sheilajeanne]

My S_I_L has confirmed that is indeed the style of purse she wants. So, as soon as she tells me the colour, I'm going to make one up for her!

It's not a thickness of leather I generally have on hand, but I did find one piece that was the right size and weight. If I want to make more of these purses, I may have to ask Tandy if I can borrow their splitter for a few minutes...   Given how much stuff I've bought from them, they'd probably say 'yes', as long as I don't make a habit of it!