I wanted to try to figure out how to make a wallet and studied my wallet for ideas. With a decent idea as to how I would put the wallet together I cut out the pieces that I would need. I ended up making several discoveries along the way while assembling the pieces that I cut out that would make the construction of the wallet much, much easier but with pieces already cut I went ahead and put one together. This is what I ended up with:
One unfortunate thing about the bit of cash in the first and second pictures: I just had to trade it with a local heating and aire company for a new blower fan for the furnace unit in my house. Oh well… at least the wallet turned out pretty decent.
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March 12, 2010 at 10:50 am
You did a great job on your first wallet, Keith! One thing I had wanted to ask you — why did you choose contrast stitching for the inside of the wallet (white thread on the dark brown patterned fabric), and not the outside? My personal taste doesn’t often like contrast stitching, but then I wondered if it was to define each credit card pocket to make using it easier?
March 12, 2010 at 1:12 pm
The contrast stitching is actually blue, which looks pretty with the brown fabric but ugly with the red.
March 13, 2010 at 11:29 am
As Sarah said, the thread is a blueish color. I don’t always like contrasting thread colors either. On the other hand, I don’t usually have the opportunity to choose which contrasting color is paired with a particular fabric. I used the blue thread on the lining because I liked the combination of the dark brown and the particular blue thread. I did not use the blue thread on the exterior fabric because I didn’t want to see any stitching on the exterior fabric and the blue and red just didn’t look good together. Also, as you mentioned, the contrasting color helped to define both the card and the cash pockets.
May 14, 2010 at 2:21 pm
did you know that big boys don’t use wallets with buttons?
job well done!