We are having a very simple do-it-yourself project that involves recycling unused baseball caps into a coin purse. The cap that I used for this project is a gave away from some friends. I never used it and why not make it into something more functional.

We need:
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1) A baseball cap.

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2) a cut-out of 8" x 4-1/2".

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trace the paper on the cap then cut through it.

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3) A piece of cloth (the white one).

4) 4-1/2" long zipper and slide.


Now that we have everything that we need, We start off with:
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1) Sew the zippers at both end of the cloth.

2) Add the zipper slide.

3) Fold it as shown in the picture (on the left), measuring an inch from the zipper to one of the folds.

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4) Cut the white piece of cloth into 2" x 5".

5) Fold it as shown in the picture (on the left). With the edges converging at the center. Making quarters.

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6) Turn the purse inside out.

7) Sew the white cloth on the sides (white cloth holding the sides). The white cloth will secure the sides from undoing/loosening.

If you need a clamp to hold the pieces together, do so.

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And here we have the finish product.This is the front.

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And this is the back with interesting details.

 
We will be making a denim coin purse, you can start with a new denim or you can recycle your old denims. I used mine with a denim that I cut off from a pair pants that I made into a shorts.

What we need:
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1) We need a denim, recycled or not.

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2) Cut a piece of paper, size 5" x 7". Then place on top of the denim and cut around it.

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3) 2 pieces of blue ribbons, size 4" x 1 1/2 ".

4) A zipper, size 5".


We are now ready to make the coin purse:
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1) Fold half an inch at both sides of the denim.

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2) Sew the zippers at both ends.

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3) Fold the denim, the wrong side out.

4) Sew the ribbon to seal the side of the coin purse.

The ribbon will hold the denim together so that you will not get those loose threads after some time.

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5) Reverse it to show the right side to install the slider. Its a catastrophe forgetting about the slider when your project is done and it don't have a slider.

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6) Reverse it again to sew the other side of the coin purse.

This is the last step. Reverse it inside out.

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And now we made our denim coin purse from a denim surplus.

 
We will be making a purse that can also be used by kids as a bag.
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I cut my cloth from this old denim pant that was laying around too long it want to be used for something.


What we need are:
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1) 2 pieces of cloth, size 8" x 10".

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2) 1" brown ribbon, 1 yard long.

3) A zipper, 10" long

4) 2 pieces, round metal, half inch to 1" in diameter.

5) A salvage bag strap, check your nearest salvation army or ukay-ukay if you don't have one ready.

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6) 2 pieces small strip of denim, size 1" x 3".


We are not ready to make the purse:
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1) Fold small portion of the small strips (shown above) and run through the sewing machine. They will hold the round metals latter.

2) Fold twice one end of each of the cloth, if its hard to fold, iron it flat.

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3) Sew the zippers through.

4) Align the zippers then put the zipper slide.

5) Reverse it to show the wrong side.



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6) Put the small strips with the round metal between the zippers.

7) Prepare your ribbons, Fold it lengthwise then clip it on the sides of the cloth before you sew them all together.

8) Do the other side with the small strip and round metal.

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9) Fold half inch inwards the both sides at the bottom. Get some clippers to help to held it in place.

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10) Run the sewing machine with the ribbon holding the bottom of the cloth. The ribbon by the way will hold the end of the cloth so that it will not shred of loose.

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11) Fold it inside out and we made this bottom of the purse.

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12) Clip the straps to the round metals.

Now we have out finish project.

 
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We usually use Fabric conditioners/freshener like Downy and Dell when washing our laundry to keep it soft and deodorized. With new products that can stay, for a week, the smell of a perfume – an expensive perfume.

I have a problem with these so-called fabric conditioners, though they make clothes soft and folding easier without ironing, it also have the capacity to make the clothes fluffy in the manner that it is making it fragile – prone to breakage.

Then I learned about Zonrox fresh pang decolor. I bought wagwag and I was advised to use  Zonrox to repel the odor of wagwag and it was great for me. The strong wagwag odor is vehemently reduced.  I am also confident about the disinfecting it boosts as a bleach product.

So far, even clothes hanged to dry inside the house were free of the algae smell.

Just measure with the bottle cap/cover: 5 caps per colored laundry or as long as it smells or follow instruction on the label. To keep it disinfected, at times, I use 2 caps of bleach, not too much, bleach is very strong.

Disclaimer. I am in no way associated with any of the products mentioned above. Nor do I try to discredit any of them. To give credit for this post, I have to mention brands to make it conversational.

 
The coin purse we are making now is  recycled, part of a bag I had to restore. As seen on the pictures above and below.
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We will need:
1. the little pouch at the left corner and the zipper (picture above) which will act as the inner part of the coin purse and
2. a piece of cloth to be the outer part.
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Procedure:
1. We start of by Cutting the cloth with the same height and width of that pouch. If you don't have a readily available pouch you can prepare two cloth to act as the outside and inner sides.

2. Fold the cloth and sew the sides leaving the top for the zipper.
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3. Join the two pouch at the base (shown). Sew both ends.
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4. Turn it inside out, ready for the sewing of the zipper.
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Fold the top of the purse with the outer side folded in and the inner side folded out accordingly. Prepare to insert the zipper and sew it as so.
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And now we have a beautiful and easily made coin purse at low cost.
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It looks easy and it is indeed very easy to make. Enjoy creating your own coin purse.