I first want to say thank you to Dana and Rae for hosting such an awesome event. If you haven’t been indulging in all the fun already, go check out both of their blogs for lots of great inspiration. There has already been so many great ideas!

Today I’m sharing a basic boys wallet tutorial because…

every boy

needs a place

to keep his stuff!

So I know, you’re probably thinking, ‘What? She has two girls, how’d she get in the mix?!’ Well, I pretty much slipped Dana a twenty and told her I just had to join in on the fun. But really, I think there’s a part of me that really clicks with all things boy. So here I am, onward with the tutorial…

It’s a great time of year to make these wallets. All the fall suiting fabrics are on sale this time of year, and you’ll only need a 1/4 yard of your main fabric (and have plenty leftover to make more).

Materials:

1/4 yard fall suiting fabric (tweed, plaids, etc., usually made from wool and/or synthetic materials)

1/4 yard lining fabric

scrap of leather (optional)

rivets, grommet (optional)

scrap of medium weight fusible interfacing

{1/4″ seam allowance throughout unless otherwise noted}

Cutting the pieces:

From the exterior fabric:

– cut one piece 8.5″ wide by 4″ tall

From lining fabric:

– cut 1 piece 8.5″ wide by 4″ tall (this is the wallet lining piece)

– cut 1 piece 8.5″ wide by 3.75″ (this is the card holder lining piece)

– cut 1 piece 8.5″ wide by 9.75″ tall (this is for the card holder slots)

Assembling lining:

To create the card holder pockets, take the 9.75″ tall lining piece:

Fold it like an accordion (as you can see in the side view of the above picture). Measuring starting from the top, fold the fabric up at the 2.25″ mark, fold fabric down 1.5″ (from the previous fold), up 2″(from the previous fold), down 1.5″ (from the previous fold). The finished piece will measure 3.75″ tall by 8.5″ wide. Press.

Next, sew 2 rows of stitching down either side of the middle of the card holder fabric spaced approximately 3/4″ apart.

Align top edges of one 8.5″ by 3.75″ piece with top edge of card holder piece, right sides facing. Sew.

Position fabrics WRONG sides facing, press.

Topstitch along top edge. You should now have four card slots.

Baste this assembled piece to the RIGHT side of the wallet lining piece (4″ tall piece) with the card slots facing you, aligning raw edges at bottom.

Assembling wallet:

Fuse interfacing to WRONG side of exterior fabric.

Place lining assembly and exterior piece RIGHT sides facing.

Sew around all edges using 1/4″ seam allowance leaving a 3″ opening for turning. Clip corners. Press.

Topstitch around entire wallet, I use a chopstick to get really close around the corners, it helps grab onto the feed dogs of your sewing machine. You’ll be sewing close to the top of the pocket, but be sure not to catch the pocket (with wallet slots) when topstitching. Press.

Add any embellishment, grommets, leather, rivets. Follow my pictorial grommet directions: