How to Make a Wallet (with Pictures)

2024 Author: Jason Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 10:50

Making a purse is actually very simple, as long as you have the right materials and basic sewing skills. You can make a leather wallet as long as it has strong needles and can sew by hand, or you can make an easier cloth purse if you want to sew it with a sewing machine. Here's how to do both.

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Method 1 of 2: Leather Wallet

Step 1. Mark your wallet size

Use chalk or a pencil to mark the wallet size on the leather before cutting it. You will need to mark a piece of deerskin for the body or base of the wallet, and a piece of cowhide for smaller parts such as making pocket change and cards.

The size of the deerskin needed is approximately 28 x 19 cm.
Each card pocket must be 10 cm long and 5 cm wide. Make one to three card pockets.
The pocket change should be about 7.5 x 7.5 cm.

Step 2. Cut the leather for the wallet body with a sharp knife

Place the leather sheet on a cutting board and use a sharp knife to cut the skin along the lines you have marked. Cut the body of the wallet and all the pockets.

You'll also need a purse button holder. It should be about 5 x 5 cm, and place them both on the left side of the skin. Cut about 1.25 cm from the top and bottom of the section, and cut about 6.35 cm between the two button holders

Step 3. Glue the pouch to the body of the wallet with tape or a needle temporarily

Place the card pockets on top of each other so that only 1.25 cm of each top remains. Place this pocket in the middle of the upper right part of the wallet body. Place the pocket change in the middle of the upper left of the wallet body.

Use thick, sharp tape or pins to hold these pockets in place

Step 4. Make a hole in the leather

Use the rotating hole punch to make holes in the card pocket, change pocket, and leather that is just below the pockets.

Make holes when the bags are glued together with duct tape or pierced with pins so that they are aligned correctly.
Place thick leather under your purse when using the rotating punch. This is done so that it is easier for you to punch holes in the skin of the wallet.
Do not poke holes in the top of the bag.

Step 5. Sew the bag with the base

Thread the wax-coated sewing thread into the needle, and sew each pocket to the body of the purse. Sew the pockets by threading the threads in and out of the holes you made with the spinning hole.

Start from the inside of the purse to hide the sewing knot. The inside of the wallet is the part where the pockets point up.
Do not sew in areas that are too close to the top of all pockets.
Sew each pocket to the purse twice for a stronger seam.
If desired, use a match to burn the sewing knot, so the wax melts and becomes stronger.
Remove the tape or pin when you're done.

Step 6. Decide where to place the purse buttons

Fold and close the wallet. Fold the purse button holder and mark the crease with a Glover needle.

Fold the bottom of the purse body up to close the pocket. The position of the two purse buttons should be parallel.
Fold the wallet again. Bring the right side over the left side of the wallet.
Fold the button holder so that they overlap on top of the wallet.
Insert the needle through both sheets of the purse button holder.

Step 7. Attach the purse buttons

With your revolving hole punch, make holes on both sides of the purse clasp by pressing them in the places marked with the pin. Attach the buttons to your purse using a hammer.

Place the convex side of the button in the button holder sheet, and the concave part on the body of the wallet.
Note that the convex and concave parts of the pushbutton split into two halves that must be hammered together, with the skin in the middle.
Press the two convex parts of the stud with the concave side of the hammer. One side of the button should be inside and the other side outside.
Use a hammer to join these two pieces together.
Repeat this step to attach the concave part of the button.

Step 8. Make a hole around the wallet

Fold the wallets together so that they resemble the final shape. Pin a needle or tape it with tape, then use a rotating hole punch to punch holes around the body of the wallet.

Do not punch holes in the top of the wallet

Step 9. Sew the parts of the purse together

Sew along the edges to form the purse.

Start on the inside of the purse, with the pocket facing up, to hide the knot.
Sew around the purse twice using wax-coated thread for added strength. Burn the knot to melt the wax.
If you want, you can also use a vein to sew along the outside of your purse.

Method 2 of 2: Regular Cloth Wallet

Step 1. Cut your fabric

You will need four rectangular pieces of fabric. Cut a strip of patterned fabric and plain fabric in a matching color.

Note that you can sew two pieces of plain fabric or two pieces of the same patterned fabric for all four rectangles, if you don't want a contrasting look on the wallet.
Use canvas, cotton, or another type of durable fabric.
Cut two rectangles of patterned fabric measuring 10.2 x 23.5 cm. Mark these pieces as A1 and A2.
Cut a rectangular sheet of patterned fabric measuring 7 x 23.5 cm. Mark this sheet as C.
Cut the last rectangle out of plain fabric measuring 9.5 x 23.5 cm. Mark this sheet as B.

Step 2. Sew around the edges of the smaller rectangle

Sew around the four sides of sheets B and C separately.

Do not sew two sheets of fabric together first.
Use a crochet stitch, feston stitch, flannel stitch, or other edge stitch. The main use of this stitch is to lock the edges of the fabric and prevent it from fraying.
You can sew the edges of the fabric by hand or a sewing machine.

Step 3. Fold and sew the top of the rectangular sheet

Fold the top edges of sheets B and C. Press the fabric with an iron and sew.

Fold 1.25 cm above it. When you fold, fold to the opposite side of the fabric.
Sew the tops of all sheets of fabric with a trail stitch 1.25 cm from the crease.
Sew the tops of all sheets of fabric with a trail stitch 3.2 cm from the crease.

Step 4. Put the two inner rectangles together

The smaller sheet, ie C, should be placed on top of B, so that the top and bottom lines are parallel.

Lay these two sheets together so that the right side is facing up.
Pin the pin.

Step 5. Mark the center

Use a ruler or measuring tape to find the center of the wallet. Draw a vertical line through it using eraser chalk or pencil.

This line should be perpendicular to the bottom edge of the wallet, and 12 cm from both sides.
This line should extend all the way to the top edge of sheet C. Don't extend it all the way to the exposed sheet B.
Pin the pin along this line to hold the center of the fabric together.

Step 6. Sew the insides together

Sew along the center line with a trail stitch to join sheets B and C together.

Only sew up to the top of sheet C. Do not sew to the exposed part of B.
This stitch will create folds for keeping money and cards in your wallet.

Step 7. Place the inside of the purse in the middle of the larger sheet of fabric

Place A1 under B and A2 above all three. Pin the pins to hold everything together.

Lay the sheets of fabric so that the bottom edges all overlap.
Do not pin the pin to the left side of the fabric.

Step 8. Sew almost around the fabric

Sew with a trail stitch or machine to join the top, bottom, and right edges of your wallet.

Do not sew the left side of the fabric until it closes.
Make sure all four sheets of fabric are sewn together.
Leave about 3.2 mm for the hem.
Cut the four corners of the fabric you just finished sewing.

Step 9. Flip the right side of the wallet out

Pull the inner fabric through the opening on the left side of the wallet until all sheets B and C are visible again, and the seams around your wallet are hidden.