Macarons! Hmmm! A French sweet confection:
two almond meringue discs with a lovely filling (jam, buttercream, spices…),
and they come in all kinds of nice colors…
well, and there are Macaron purses!
They have just this circular form, are small,
and have nice innards, too…
They can be used as key tags, they can hold coins,
they also keep sweet little somethings like rings or a bracelet or whatever small item one wishes to hold dear: the zipper keeps it safe.
There is a very helpful tutorial on how to make a Macaron purse here:
http://gkkreativ.blogspot.de/2014/07/macaron-taeschchen.html
Mine are made a bit differently:
My tops on both sides are little round quilts, with three layers, the batting being a fluffy piece of fleece, with quilting stitches for decoration and stabilizing.
The inner pieces are made with plain pieces of fabric,
and are also filled with the same fleece.
I love to use these lovely traditional quilt patterns for the tops, thus there are endless possibilities to create different, individual purses which carry all the charm quilts naturally have.
Also, the two sides of one purse show the same pattern, but I arrange the pieces in a slightly different way.
My Macaron purses are 6 cm (2 3/8") in diameter,
and handmade.
With the attached hanging loop,
a Macaron purse can be hung up also.
