Shoe leather coin purse

 by pink bat
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This is a coin purse I made for the new "golden dollars" .
My 3 year old son was watching "Robin Hood " + Grandpa throwing out old shoes = cool place to stash change.
I really love the feel of the dollar coins and needed something to put them in to keep them from the bottom of my backpack. Watching the movie Robin Hood and seeing the characters run around with sacks of Gold was pretty cool. I had just said to myself that I needed some leather to make a coin purse when Grandpa came up the stairs and said he was getting rid of his old shoes and did I know anyone who could use them....
 
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Step 1: Harvesting leather

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Using a craft knife, cut away sections of leather by following the shoes seams. The leather is bonded to many layers of material, but once you cut though the top leather layer you can peel it off....
grooooovy says: Aug 24, 2010. 5:35 PM
So adorable. When I saw the picture, I thought, "indian halloween costume"
romanreb says: May 20, 2010. 9:19 AM
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!


porcupinemamma says: Jan 9, 2010. 11:20 AM
ingenious!
kaatryn says: Jun 17, 2008. 8:07 PM
This little bag is so cute. Thank you for sharing your talent with the world.
joey2542667 says: Jun 13, 2008. 1:03 PM
were you talking about the robin hodd from bbc? if not it's awesome! not like those stupid cartoon ones!
chu11 says: Mar 25, 2008. 8:53 AM
_ to tiny
well done =)
w00ty32 says: Mar 14, 2008. 8:47 PM
And, you could add a long leather strip around it so it could hang from a shoulder. but that kinda defeats the purpose of pocket sized. eh. cool though. nice recyling
GorillazMiko says: Mar 14, 2008. 7:22 PM
Cool! A perfect pocket sized item, great job!
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