Felt Wallet

I have a gross wallet. It's lumpy, ugly, and it has come into contact with a variety of unpleasant substances. Basically, I need a new wallet. But will I buy one? Never! I have all this felt lying around...

Note: if you try to make your own wallet, don't make it out of felt. It's way too thick, even before you stuff it full of cards. Although felt is nice because you don't have to finish the edges.

Unfolded with three rectangles for cards, a pouch for coins, and a closing strap.

1. Get some money! Seriously. Fold your fabric. Place a bill on your fabric along the fold and measure out a slightly larger rectangle.

2. Get a credit card! Or library card, what have you. Use it to measure out three rectangles of fabric, slightly wider and shorter than the card.

3. For the coin pouch I just eyeballed a long rectangle of fabric and folded it twice. I sewed the edges closed when I sewed the pouch to the wallet, and will put a snap on the flap to keep it closed.

Rectangles sewn on!

4. Stack your card-sized rectangles in a step pattern - each one going a bit further down than the last. Pin in place and sew the bottom edges of each piece to the wallet. 

5. Sew the sides of all the pieces and the bottom edge to the wallet.

6. Cut a strip of fabric for the closing strap and sew it to one side of the wallet.

7. Fold your wallet in half lengthwise and sew the edges.

8. Voilà wallet!

Eventually I'm going to embroider the back (the outside) of the wallet, but I'm busy now!

(If you want to embroider a design, do it before you sew up the sides of the wallet.)