Wallet Attempt

[Bill]

Hellooooo!
I finished my first ever diy wallet last night.
It was done just to see if I could do it before having a go at a leather one.
Tara the doggy chewed a chunk out of my own when she was a puppy and I've been meaning to replace it as it's gradually deteriorated over the years.
The outer is old tent polyester type stuff and the pockets are cotton offcut.
Not as tidy as I'd hoped but not a complete disaster either.

[Acorn]

That looks very good!   :thumbsup:

[Kad]

That looks like a good use of your time and skill, the wallets in the shops are quite expensive and when you design and make your own you can choose the layout of note and card slots to suit. :thumbsup:

I've made wallets this Christmas for DH, DS and DD's partner. I used Kraftex, also known as Vegan Leather, it's interesting stuff which can be washed, embossed, painted and sewn easily and apparently wears like real leather too.

[Greybird]

Well done. It's lovely when you can make something so useful.

[Silver Rose]

Very nice, well done. :thumbsup:

[Ohsewsimple]

Nice job!

[Iminei]

Verrrry nice ... neat stitching ... Vintage machine ?

[Bill]

Verrrry nice ... neat stitching ... Vintage machine ?

Nope...bargain basement Singer M2105

[Lilian]

That is very nice and it's usable. Well done!

[Bill]

Thanks all 

[Mr Twingo]

That's not bad at all.

I don't know if this will be helpful to you, but a it's well worth watching the wallet making videos from Bitchen on YouTube. He regularly makes his patterns free to download. It's all hand-stitched leather work.
https://youtu.be/wU6XIGDwgBw

Another useful video for machine stitched leather wallets is from the How it's Made series.
https://youtu.be/htQ6dMY3RUY

Looking forward to seeing your first leather wallet.

[Bill]

Thanks @Mr Twingo
Watching that machined video and seeing your hand stitched wallets it seems I have very high standards to live up to. I think I'll quit now 
I believe the leather I have coming is quite soft but I am wondering if the puny 40w motor in my machine is going to be enough and if I'll need a leather machine needle if it is...
Interesting times ahead.

[Gernella]

That is rather good, it is what I call 'fiddly' things, I'm not good at, memories  of my mask attempts.

I have bought some leather on Ebay, can't remember what for but it is quite good if you want to hold something  tight and want a grip (don't ask).  I did try sewing it though, just to see, a bit later and with my Pfaff Expression it sewed through fine, even I was surprised.  I did put the teflon foot on though.

[snoozi soozi]

Looks good, I like it. I've made lots of wallets over the years, my poor suffering family members generally get given them as gifts. Strangely enough I've never seen too many of them being actually used. Only mine and the OH  :thinking:

[RJR_38]

It looks great! Hopefully the pattern/instructions you choose for the leather wallet is designed specifically for leather or PU as it will require a different type of pattern to cotton (especially in the card holder slots). Otherwise you will need to adapt the one you have to make sure there isn't bulk in the seam allowances etc