How to make a wallet with your own hands?

Currently, it is becoming increasingly difficult for everyone to do without a wallet, because this is the very thing where you can carefully store all your money and discount cards, without being afraid to leave most of these things at home. It's no secret that every month such accessories are gaining more and more value - for this reason many ladies have a question how to make a wallet with their own hands. From this article you will learn several ways to make such an original, convenient and durable little thing ..

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Making a wallet from fabric

This workshop will describe in detail how to make a fabric wallet in two colors, which, in turn, has a magnetic fastener.

Important! Here you can safely experiment with your favorite color combinations, because your future wallet will be unique, which cannot be said about purchased models.

Making such a wallet is as follows:

• Choose in a store or order a beautiful fabric to suit your taste and acquire printed material - felt can play its role, the dimensions of which will be about 30 by 20 cm.
• Lay it out on the wrong side so that about 10 mm is left on all sides, then draw a line along the contour.
• Circle the felt with a pencil - this is necessary in order to see where to sew the material.
• Carry out the same manipulations with another piece of tissue.
• Connect both materials with each other, removing the felt and laying face down, and the wrong side up.
• Sew three sides, and leave one short one (20 cm).
• Unscrew the structure with its face outward, place a felt of a suitable size in the resulting “bag”.

Important! Before you start sewing the fourth side, you must carefully tuck it in - first the corners, then everything else.

• Decide which side will be the front to make a wallet from fabric.
• Divide the rectangular blank into three parts (the first and third are the same, the one in the middle is the smallest).
• Sew two pieces together. Leave the third one so that the product closes.

The basis of the wallet is ready. It remains for you to sew decorative elements to your taste - they can be beads, rhinestones, embroideries and much more.

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How to make a leather wallet?

This stylish accessory can suit both the fair and strong floors. Just like in an ordinary wallet, you can store notes, trifles, discount and credit cards in it. To make such an accessory is very simple, and even beginner craftswomen can do it.

You can make a wallet with your own hands, adhering to this algorithm:

• Prepare a flap of artificial or genuine leather, from which the product will be sewn in the future.
• Circle the 6 prepared parts, cut them from the cooked flap.
• Put the individual parts together using quality glue for the skin.
• In modern sewing machines, there are many programs that help save valuable time and the power of a needlewoman. In order to sew a zipper to the product, you need to use the fourth part.
• Part number 5 (which is folded in the form of an accordion) is glued under the zipper, while the second free end is attached under it.
• To make the product stronger, you must use a sewing machine, attaching the machined parts to the third part.

Important! The 3 parts of part number 6 should be perfectly cut, and they should also fit perfectly with the second part of the third part.

• Connect them in such a way that they are located 1 cm from each other, then go over them with a machine in order to sew a wallet of leather fabric with your own hands as durable as possible.
• Connect the external parts of the blanks for pockets with the parts of the second part, with the internal parts - do not carry out any manipulations.
• Proceed to sewing on the details No. 1 and No. 2 - all parts should ideally coincide, there should be nothing superfluous.

Following this pattern, you should get a beautiful and high-quality accessory that will last you a long time.

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Making a bead wallet

To make such an original accessory, several items should be prepared:

• A set of beads - you choose the color and size.
• Denim thread.
• Hook - his number is selected based on the size of the beads.
• Clasp - also chosen to your taste.
• Sharp scissors.

In order to make a wallet with your own hands at home, you must follow this procedure:

1. It is necessary to start work from the upper rows, putting 18 beads on the prepared thread, which were multiplied by 7. Then each row from left to right, from top to bottom, repeating the procedure 7 times.
2. Dial a 7-loop chain, close it in a circle and knit one row of a single crochet into each loop.
3. The next row should be knit with two single crochet columns, alternating one loop with beads, and the other in the same loop without it. Follow this technique to the end.
4. The third row - in each loop, adding beads and knitting a single crochet.
5. When the desired height of the wedges around the circle is finally knitted, tie without the use of beads, starting in the middle of 3 single crochet.
6. When 3 rows of beads and 3 rows of single crochet are crocheted, you need to start stitching. In order to fasten the clasp, it is recommended to use monofilament.

Important! In order for the workpiece to expand gradually, it is necessary to knit a single crochet at the end of the segment in a loop with beads.

By this master class, not all needlewomen can make a wallet with their own hands, however, a neatly connected accessory will always delight the eyes of others and cherish your ego.

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Decorate the finished product

There are many ways to decorate such an accessory. The main ones include:

• Cross-stitch or stitch embroidery.
• Gluing beautiful rhinestones and applications.
• Sewing buttons, beads, beads, decorative flowers, sequins, mini pompons.
• All kinds of pockets and fasteners.
• Pastel satin ribbons give the product more tenderness. They can be used by collecting small flowers from them. The width of the tapes can be absolutely any - it all depends on your taste.
• You can use additional decorative fabrics - they give the accessory more sophistication.

If you still can’t decide how to decorate the wallet, go to the store with the goods for handicrafts - there you will find many decorative elements that can be used to transform the accessory you made. On the windows you will see a lot of ribbons and clasps that will give your product a certain charm.

Important! All kinds of accessories can look different on a particular type of fabric. In order to make a more rational choice, you can consult the seller of this store - he will provide you with the necessary assistance and advise which accessory is best suited to your product.

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From this article, you learned several ways of how to make a small wallet with your own hands, in what ways it is better to decorate it. The main work is yours - create and delight yourself with new interesting accessories.