Monday, November 5, 2012

UR Priceless Coin Purse

A million thanks to Madam Samm and Katherine for sponsoring the UR Priceless Coin Purse Blog Hop.  I know that a ton of work goes into making these hops so successful and I am sure that we all agree that Madam Samm is the best at doing it. 




These little bags are quite addicting to make.  You start off with the little 3" handles, which I purchased from Kelly at IHAN, and a pattern which can be purchased here.  From there the choices are nearly endless.

My first attempt was to use some Kaffe Fassett fabrics.  After learning the ropes of making the first one, I had to try a few more just for fun. 



This one is a little brighter and would make a great teacher's gift.



Then I added some machine embroidery. 

 



Needless to say, I am not the only one hooked on these.  Please check out these other blogs for today's creations. 

Day 1 - Nov. 5th




 

 Just to make things even more fun as we kick off the great blog hop,  how about a little giveaway?  Since I know many of my followers are not quilters,  this giveaway will be something that even they could use.   I always love to have seasonal towels in my kitchen so I thought a couple of towels to help with Thanksgiving cleanup would be appropriate.  Just answer this question. How many people you will have for your Thanksgiving dinner?  We tend to have between 40 and 50 here. 


I will random number generate a winner at the end of the blog hop and, as usual, my followers can leave a second comment for a second chance.

130 comments:

  1. I love your little coin purses - thank you for sharing!
    I'm in the UK and we don't have Thanksgiving!!

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  2. Your purses are awesome. I love them all but my favorite is the Kaffe Fasset purse.

    Thanks for sharing
    Britt-Inger in Sweden

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  3. Hmmm, how many for dinner? Just the two of us and since I have to work, we might go out and eat.

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  4. Your purses are lovely - I like the one with the candy on it the best, the little hearts on the frame are lovely.

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  5. Your little coin purses are so cute! I love the first one! :0)

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  6. All so nice..the embroidered one is a great idea!

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  7. Wonderful coin bags. They would make great gifts.

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  8. Your coin purses are so cute! I should make Allie one to give to her teacher at Christmas!

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  9. Great fabric choices for the purses. Probably just five of us for thanksgiving, as my son and his girlfriend are out of the country this year. Don't have a large family.

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  10. Your coin purses are very nice. The one with the initial is very classy looking.

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  11. Oh I just love these little purses and especially the one for the teacher...thanks for sharing. My thanksgiving table will have 14 at it....enjoy your day.

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  12. These are so cute! I loved seeing your creativity!!!!

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  13. These are fantastic! I especially love the monogrammed one. That is really classy looking.

    We go to my mom's for Thanksgiving. She usually has between 40-50, but we are light this year with only 38 so far!

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  14. I love your fabric choices! I'm not in the Hop but I bought the pattern and made a couple, too -- I love this project! For the first time ever, I will be going to someone else's house, in another state, for Thanksgiving. I'm not sure how many people there will be, more than I'm comfortable with, I suspect, lol. Then, the Sunday after Thanksgiving, I'll have my little family over for a faux Thanksgiving meal, and there will be 5 of us.

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  15. wow those ARE cute little bags.....(like I need another thing to get obsessed about....lol) I think I might go check out your link and get the pattern....those are great stocking stuffers and yours are adorable. I invited many but most are already committed so I will have a small bunch this year....probably only 3 or 4......

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  16. What wonderful little purses! I love the way you did the machine embroidery! We normally have around 30 to 35 people for Thanksgiving.

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  17. All your Coin Bags are just sew cute i cannot oick a favorite.. Love them all.
    Thank you for a chance to win your giveaway.

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  18. Your little purses are so cute! I love the idea of adding the monogram!!! Great idea!
    We had 25 last year for Thanksgiving.

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  19. Give yourself a little credit too...there's a lot of work just participating in a blog-hop! Your little bags are really cute!

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  20. Great little purses - I like the initial on the M one!

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  21. So very cute and especially the peppermint candy one. Judy C

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  22. Just beautiful!! Love them all :)

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  23. love your little purses. great idea to do embroidery on them.
    I will be at my son and DIL this Thanksgiving. There will be just 7 of us this year.
    thanks for sharing and the giveaway.

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  24. Ohhh....I love the bright alphabet coin purse! You are so right. These would make great teacher gifts. =)

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  25. Are they gorgeous? I'm still making them, did another one this morning

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  26. I so want the candy purse- that is perfect!

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  27. Your little purses are great. I really like the one made from the alphabet fabric, sooo cute! Great job. Thanksgiving is always quiet here...well, I mean...it's just us, my little family of 4 kiddos, dh and I. Not big and noisy like when I was a kid :)

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  28. Hi!!! Love your coin purses!!! The Christmas Candy is sew cute!!! We will have 16 to 20 for Thanksgiving!!!! Thanks for the give a way!!!

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  29. I love the different ideas you shared for your purses. A monogram on one would make a perfect gift--love it!

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  30. So cute! It is nice to hear so many people are having fun making coin purses.

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  31. Gorgeous purses. Thanks for sharing. We typically have anywhere from 10-25 for Thanksgiving and / or Christmas dinner.
    bonnielarson58@gmail.com

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  32. Fabulous purses, love the monogram, very sheeshee ;O)

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  33. Adorable little purses. Thanks for sharing......Judith, Texas

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  34. I am so upset. We will be going to my husbands side for thanksgiving, and they go to a restaurant! I hate that, but there will only be 6 or 8 of us. On a happy note I LOVE all your purses. Very pretty.

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  35. The little purses are so cute, thanks for sharing.

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  36. Great job!! Love them all!! They really are too cute!

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  37. Your little coin purses are adorable!

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  38. very cute purses and the M one is my favorite :)
    15 is our number at our family table for Thanksgiving :)
    Thanks for sharing
    marta

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  39. Perfect little purse...got to have it.

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  40. You did a great job on our purses. Thank you for sharing.

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  41. Your purses are lovely! The one with the monogram is so elegant.

    I'm English, we don't celebrate thanksgiving so please don't enter me into the giveaway (well, you couldn't anyway as I can't answer the question!!)

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  42. I love your little purses - especially the Monogrammed one! You will have a lot of folks for Thanksgiving!!! We usually have about 20 and my parents' house.

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  43. For Thanksgiving we are only having two children and their children, plus my sister and some of her family, so lets see. . .15 or so?

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  44. Your coin purses are wonderful and I especially like the one with the peppermint candy! Regarding Thanksgiving, my husband and I will probably be alone on Thursday, but on Saturday my family celebrates ou Thanksgiving and Christmas and there wil be about 110 people there. There are some people who will be recieving some cute coin purses that Saturday! :-)

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  45. I love your little coin purses! Oh yes they are addictive! I am not even on the hop and have started my 10th, LOL! Just my brother and I now for Thanksgiving dinner. Thank you for sharing and the great giveaway.
    jbechosend@sbcglobal dot net

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  46. The monogram is an awesome idea!

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  47. They are all so cute...gotta love that monogram!

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  48. Your purses are beautiful, I love seeing what everyone is doing with these.
    PS the baby is adorable in that duck suit

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  49. Such a great collection of purses. You did a nice job! The monogramming is a fun idea.

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  50. wow, I love your take on the coin purses, the monogram was great and the little Christmas candy mint is just darling!

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  51. Wow these are looking great, can't wait to show you mine!

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  52. We will have 30 if all the grandkids can make it. We always have a great time.

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  53. Oh gosh they are so cute, love the candy twist one!

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  54. What adorable little purses...love the Christmas candy (great way to give money for holidays along with a pretty gift) TFS

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  55. Oh my, you must have thought I forgot about you...I did not.I had to get the packages out for the winners and then a meeting with my tutor....and now I get to say......oh my, what lovely priceless purses...love the numbered one..great for a young one...monogrammed..perfect...MMMMMm nice...lol
    lovely work my dear....lovely

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  56. Those are so darn cute. I might have to try one. Thanks for sharing where you got the supplies.

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  57. 17. I love your monogrammed purse! Very elegant! Thanks for the giveaway! I love seasonal towels!

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  58. Super sweet coin purses are this, all different and all cute! Thanks for sharing.

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  59. Love your fabric choices, they are wonderful and so creative!

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  60. your coin purses are just wonderful!

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  61. Your Thanksgiving group is huge! We will either have 4 or 6 depending on if two are in town or not.
    Wonderful coin purses!!

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  62. Your coin purses are all lovely , thanks for sharing . Since I live in Canada we have already celebrated Thanksgiving and we had four at our dinner table. Thanks for the chance. I am a follower.

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  63. That is a TON of people!! We will be at my inlaws and there will be about 12. Love the coin purses, they are so gorgeous. And it looks like you did such a good job sewing them into the metal frame..I tried that once and it was very difficult for me! Great job. :)

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  64. Your purses are all lovely! I like the idea of putting a monogram on it and the other two are in lovely fabrics. We have about 12 people for Thanksgiving.

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  65. I'm a follower. Thanks for the lovely giveaway.

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  66. Thanks for giving me the idea of machine embroidery. I, too, love seasonal dish towels. I don't know where I would put 50 people.

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  67. Love your purses and I live in Spain and I don´t celebrate Thanksgiving!!

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  68. I just read some of your blogs and am now a follower.

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  69. I`m a happy follower.Thanks for the nice giveaway!

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  70. very beautiful purses, thanks for sharing ☺

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  71. What darling purses!!! You did a great job on them - I don't see a learning curve at all :) Thanks for the opportunity to win!!

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  72. Rosemary B here:
    Your little purses are wonderful I love the fabric combinations. very nice. I love the candy bag the best!!
    thank you for sharing your adorable creativity

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  73. You monogrammed one - how smart! I love your purses. :) blessings, marlene

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  74. The purses are adorable...May I ask where everyone found the pattern? They would make great gifts!

    Let's see Thanksgiving...Hmmm. We generally have 13-15 guests..However, if our new grandbaby arrives that week it may be more..

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  75. Your coin purses are wonderful! I love how the embroidery looks, and the candy one is so cute! We will probably have just a few (six or seven) for Thanksgiving this year. Maybe next year we'll all be together!

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  76. Very cute purses. I love the bright ABC one the very best. Great idea to add the machine embroidery - a special element which would make the purse extra special for a gift. Our Thanksgiving gathering is small mainly because we have our family Christmas in early December.

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  77. I love the machine embroidery on your little coin purses. I would have done the same but my machine went to the Dr and has been pronounced dead dang it! Lovely projects.

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  78. Love your purses. The one with the candy on the front is really SWEET. Would love a chance at the great towels. I will have 5 or 6 for dinner and will send home dinner with my niece for the next day for 4.

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  79. All your bags turned out so lovely, and great idea for a teachers gift! As far as how many for Thanksgiving? Small crowd this year, my family of 4 plus my mom and brother, so 4 adults and 2 children!

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  80. I love your parade of priceless purses...each one is beautifully stitched. Thanksgiving dinner is usually around 10 - 15 when celebrated in Canada...a smaller group for the American thanksgiving. Thanks for sharing in the blog hop!

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  81. OMGosh!! Yours are *so* cute!!! I love, especially, the embroidered fronts -- GREAT job! :)

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  82. There will be 8 of us for Thanksgiving in Puerto Penasco, Mexico on the beach.

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  83. They are all so pretty... but my favourite is the one with the letters. You're right, it would make the perfect teacher gift.

    And thanks for the giveaway and the chance to win.
    (supermomnocape at yahoo dot com)

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  84. Lots of cute ideas. Thanks for sharing. We will have about 20 for dinner.

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  85. I was thinking that teachers purse is adorable,then when I saw the peppermint purse..just too stinkin cute I tell you!

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  86. I love your wee purses! Thanksgiving is long gone where I am, but I had a small one this year,,,only 8 of us. Thanks for sharing with us all.

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  87. I want every single one of your coin purses...I love them all!

    Excellent job :)

    Kelly

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  88. I live in the UK and we don't celebrate Thanksgiving, but I can not imagine having between 40 and 50 people in my house, it's too small.

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  89. I love your little purses, especially the monogrammed ones. I am a follower too.

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  90. Oh, your coin purses are just darling! Each one is unique and a delight. Love how the text one is playful and then the monogrammed one is sophisticated. Well done! It's easy to get hooked on making these, isn't it? lol

    Thanks so much for being a fun stop on the hop.

    UR Priceless!

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  91. Your coin purses are adorable...I need to make some...and I will!!

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  92. Thanks for sharing your coin purses! Very nice.

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  93. All of them are nice but I really like the one that is embroideried on it.
    hulseybg@gmail.com

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  94. your little purses are fantastic!!!!such a cut pattern..not sure I will make one but fun to see yours...

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  95. Wonderful variety of purses! I agree that the one with the alphabets are perfect for a teacher's gift! Love the machine embroidery

    Blessings & Aloha!
    I am at our daughter, son in law, and grandbaby's home visiting, but wanted to stop by and check out the amazing coin purses!

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  96. oops! I forgot to mention...when it is just our immediate family with our grown kids and their spouses, we have 9 of us for Thanksgiving...and actually this year, we were able to have our Thanksgiving dinner this past Saturday, since we all won't be able to get together on Thanksgiving and Christmas.

    Blessings & Aloha!
    Thank you for a chance to win the cute pumpkin towels.:o)

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  97. How cute! Love the Monogram purse!

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  98. Love the Kaffe roman glass with stripes! Thanksgiving dinner will be for one--just me! Looking forward to a relaxing day of doing nothing and no phone calls!

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  99. Very nice! You are brilliant as always! (love the last one too).

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  100. Love your little coin purses. This is one project that I will have to try out!

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  101. What stunning lil' purses! Nice blog too, I'll be back to check out more of what I saw when I have more time. This computer eats up so much of my time I need to get off it and get something done! Thanks for sharing. Jane

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  102. These little coin purses are so pretty! I really like the one for a teacher. You have a wonderfully talented group of women to do these projects with.

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  103. Omigosh, Mary, those little coin purses are all so adorable! I can't even begin to imagine how you made them, looks so complicated to me! lol

    I would love to have a chance to win one of them!! Our Canadian Thanksgiving was last month but we were 6 of us for dinner:-) xoxo

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  104. Oops, I meant I'd love a chance to win those little towels, not the coin purse! lol

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  105. Love the little sweetie on the front of the last one - very cool!!! Great giveaway :)

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  106. Some how my comment ended up on the previous post. :-*

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  107. If you don't enter you would never win so here I am, too late?

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