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Make this adorable little pineapple purse for your kid who wants to carry around their little treasures! Sewn from a flat circle, cinched together with twine.
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TINY CINCHED PINEAPPLE PURSE

Make this adorable little pineapple purse for your kid who wants to carry around their little treasures! Sewn from a flat circle, cinched together with twine.
Keyword: Purse
Author: Cori George

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  • NOTE: This version is quite small, perfect kids carrying around their crayons or other little treasures. You could also up-scale it and make a full-size bag, using a bigger circle.
    Make this adorable little pineapple purse for your kid who wants to carry around their little treasures! Sewn from a flat circle, cinched together with twine.
  • Using your "round something," cut two circles, yellow and green.
    Make this adorable little pineapple purse for your kid who wants to carry around their little treasures! Sewn from a flat circle, cinched together with twine.
  • Mark your button hole placement on the yellow fabric. For this project it is about 1/4" from the edge using a 5/16" button. You'll need two button holes, so mark them directly across from each other.
    Make this adorable little pineapple purse for your kid who wants to carry around their little treasures! Sewn from a flat circle, cinched together with twine.
  • Make your two button holes. If you haven't made button holes in a while, you might want to practice on a scrap piece of fabric first!
    Make this adorable little pineapple purse for your kid who wants to carry around their little treasures! Sewn from a flat circle, cinched together with twine.
  • Pin your ribbon pieces to the green circle, with the majority of the ribbon over the green circle. When you turn your circle inside out, these will end up on the outside.
    Make this adorable little pineapple purse for your kid who wants to carry around their little treasures! Sewn from a flat circle, cinched together with twine.
  • Continue to pin all of the ribbons all the way around the circle at even intervals. For this project, 16 pieces of ribbon were used. You'll have to scale up or down depending on the size of your circle.
    Make this adorable little pineapple purse for your kid who wants to carry around their little treasures! Sewn from a flat circle, cinched together with twine.
  • Make a sandwich by placing the yellow fabric right-side down over the green circle, and secure with pins. Sew all the way around the circle with a 1/4" seam, leaving a hole between two of the ribbons for turning. Make sure to backstitch at the start and stop of your stitching.
    Make this adorable little pineapple purse for your kid who wants to carry around their little treasures! Sewn from a flat circle, cinched together with twine.
  • Turn right-side out through the hole you left open (you can see the hole in the bottom left of the circle below).
    Make this adorable little pineapple purse for your kid who wants to carry around their little treasures! Sewn from a flat circle, cinched together with twine.
  • Press the circle, making sure to get the outside of the circle as flat as possible. Turn in the edges of your hole and press as well.
    Make this adorable little pineapple purse for your kid who wants to carry around their little treasures! Sewn from a flat circle, cinched together with twine.
  • Topstitch very close to the edge, closing your turning hole and securing all of the ribbons.
    Make this adorable little pineapple purse for your kid who wants to carry around their little treasures! Sewn from a flat circle, cinched together with twine.
  • Sew another line of stitching about 6" in from your outside line (far enough in that you're not running over your button holes. This creates the "pocket" for your twine.
    Make this adorable little pineapple purse for your kid who wants to carry around their little treasures! Sewn from a flat circle, cinched together with twine.
  • To measure your length of twine, lay it out around the circle so it covers the circumference. Add a few inches. Then tie one end to a safety pin and insert through one of the button holes. Thread it all the way around (the safety pin will make it much easier) until you end up where you started.
    Make this adorable little pineapple purse for your kid who wants to carry around their little treasures! Sewn from a flat circle, cinched together with twine.
  • Make this adorable little pineapple purse for your kid who wants to carry around their little treasures! Sewn from a flat circle, cinched together with twine.
  • Then tie the two ends together. Do the same through the other button hole.
    Make this adorable little pineapple purse for your kid who wants to carry around their little treasures! Sewn from a flat circle, cinched together with twine.
  • Flip it over and fill with your favorite things, cinch tight, and carry!
    Make this adorable little pineapple purse for your kid who wants to carry around their little treasures! Sewn from a flat circle, cinched together with twine.