Recycled Suede Pouch

I read Handmade Chic: Fashionable Projects That Look High-End, Not Homespun by Laura Bennett, and was driven to make something with recycled leather or suede.  I was inspired by a dear sewing friend who showed up to a dinner party wearing a scumptious leather coat, from a thrift store.  As in her book, Laura suggests reusing a leather coat.  So I hit one of my favorite cheapy thrift stores, and bagged 2 suede jackets, a mint one for $4, and a cherry suede coat for $8.  For the past 2 ballet classes, I have been ripping seams on the mint one.  People were asking what for.  I had no idea.  But yesterday after cleaning my sewing cave, I was inspired to make something quick.  So I grabbed her book, and made a suede pouch.  I modified the zipper.   It is my new thing to do.  I put fabric tab attachments to extend the zipper.  This way, there is no possibility of sewing over the zipper or the zipper tape in the corner seam.  Although the book has you tuck the zipper tape under, and have a tiny gap at each corner.  Granted I should have used a bigger zipper, but in 30 minutes, this is not bad for a make up bag.  BTW, I do recommend the 3 M tape she suggests.  I didn't use it, and my leather moved while sewing (you cant really use pins, and my clothes pins didn't cut it either.)