The Stuff I Live For

Easy Wallet Tutorial February 1, 2008

Today my grandmom asked to take my girls overnight, which never happens. Eric's car is in the shop so he has mine, which also never happens. So, I had the day to myself, but I was stranded in the house. Eric said I should take a nap. Guess he didn't read my 'Welcome' post (or pay attention this past eleven years!). I always have to be doing something.

I made a couple of very easy wallets. The long wallet is great for bills, and the mini wallet fits credit cards perfectly. If you have a couple of sweet fabric scraps, less than an hour and need something crafty to do all the time like me, try this. It's simple and they're fun.

 For the bill wallet, you'll need:

1. 2 pieces of fabric (one outer and one for the lining): each 8.25" X 7.5"     
2. 1 piece of interfacing: 7.5" X 6.75"
3. thread
4. snap closure

Place right sides together with interfacing on top, and pin together. Sew around the edges with a 3/8" seam, and leave about a 2-3" opening in the middle of one of the sides. You can see this at the point of my scissors.

Also, trim the corners to reduce the bulk.

Turn rightside out and make sure to pull each corner our completely. I used tweezers to pull the corners out as square as I can get them.

Iron.

Decide which side will be the flap and which will be the inside. Top stitch the inside's top, where you see my pointer finger.

Fold the bottom up at desired height. I folded it up about 3 quarters.

Pin together.

Starting at the bottom left corner, where you see my thumb, stitch across to the bottom right corner, all the way up the flap and back down to the bottom left corner again.

Add a snap closure and, finito, you're done.

 For the mini credit card pouch, I used the same prints but reversed them as the outer fabric and lining.

1. Two pieces of fabric (one outer and one for the lining): each 7.25" X 5.25"
2. One piece of interfacing: 6.5" X 4.5"
3. Thread
4. Snap Closure

Follow the same directions as above!