Mini wallet tutorial

October 8, 2009

in bags and purses, tutorials

Mini wallet tutorial
Yay I finished it! This is the tutorial for the mini wallet in this post. For the tutorial, I made a pair of mini wallets in Japanese cotton with colorful houses pattern on it. I really enjoyed making them and the tutorial.

The tutorial for the bigger wallets is still in progress, and it will be posted soon when it’s ready!

As it would be too long as a blog post, the tutorial is made it into a pdf file that can be downloaded here. Please contact me if you have any difficulty downloading it. This is also my first time making a pdf tutorial, so do tell me if anything is not clear.

I hope you enjoy this tutorial and make your own mini wallet. This little project is perfect to finish up those fabric scraps in your stash. Combine different colours and patterns together. You can also opt out the elastic and button and change it to snap-on button, velcro strips, or magnetic closure. When you finished, you can add your wallet to my flickr gallery here.

Disclaimer: You may use the finished products for both personal and commercial use (craft shops or markets only – no mass production). Please do not pass off the pattern and tutorial as your own. Thank you!

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omie December 17, 2011 at 5:03 PM

thanks for the tutorial!love it!

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Lia November 22, 2011 at 9:46 PM

Thanks Novita :)
Seneng rasanya waktu nemu tutorial ini, soalnya aku pengen banget bikin mini wallet :) .

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Lia November 22, 2011 at 9:44 PM

Thanks Novita:)
Seneng bgt waktu nemu tutorial bikin mini wallet soalnya saya pengen bgt bikin ini :) .

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Jack Vaz October 24, 2011 at 12:18 PM

Perfect!!! Thank you for tutorial… you are so lovely and creative. congratulations…

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Em August 8, 2011 at 5:26 AM

Finally a wallet-tutorial I can use! Thank you so much!

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Briana May 29, 2010 at 9:39 PM

Oh I’m so sorry! I just looked at it again and realized what I though were sixes were actually fours. Thank you for your help and sharing of your wonderful skills.

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Briana May 29, 2010 at 9:24 PM

Thanks for the tutorial! I am confused about the B1 and B2 pieces though. B2′s whole measure is 21.5 but the parts add up to 23.5. B1′s whole measure is 15.5 but the parts add up to 17.5. Which are correct?

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verypurpleperson May 29, 2010 at 9:34 PM

Hi Briana! Are you sure the add up to 23.5? I just checked it again and it is still 21.5. Maybe I don’t understand which parts that you mean?

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Singoalla April 17, 2010 at 9:39 PM

Hi , I´ve cut all my pieces, but I can´t find the description HOW to make it. Or do you have to be very clever and figure it out your self. I tried but without success….
I really what to try and make this wallet.

Thank you!

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verypurpleperson April 17, 2010 at 9:50 PM

Hi, I don’t know what you’re talking about being very clever.
It seems that you only got the first page of the file. The PDF file is 3 pages, step by step instructions with diagrams and pictures are in page 2 and 3.

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Christine February 27, 2010 at 8:59 AM

Thank you very much for so generously sharing! :)

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catarinanl December 12, 2009 at 8:26 PM

Than you so much for this tutorial. I made my own version of this mini wallet. So simples and easy.
Thanks a million.

Catarina

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DPM November 15, 2009 at 5:11 AM

thanks for the great tutorial. really good gift idea!

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krista November 14, 2009 at 6:02 AM

i love this! i just finished making mine, and am posting pics of it on my blog, with a link to your blog of course. :)

i hope that is o.k. with you. if not lemme know, and i will remove the link. :)

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Anonymous November 11, 2009 at 4:02 PM

Thank you. :)

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verypurpleperson October 29, 2009 at 7:05 AM

Hi Omelay, thank you very much for pointing this out! Please refer to the diagram for the right measurement.
I made a mistake there, I'm so sorry! m(_ _)m

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omelay October 29, 2009 at 5:35 AM

Hi! I am making these right now for the first time. Am I missing something, or does the initial Prep tell me piece B1 is 20 x 11 cm and the illustration describe it as 15.5 x 11 cm?

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missbmckay October 28, 2009 at 6:50 AM

this is really fun and functional. great design.

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Kim October 25, 2009 at 11:00 PM

sweet! Looks like a fun project I'll have to try!

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Aimee October 18, 2009 at 9:13 PM

Really cute! Thanks for sharing – I know it's a lot of work!

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Salihan October 18, 2009 at 7:43 PM

The tutorial is GREAT! Such clear instructions and so many diagrams. Absolutely fantastic! -me@salihan.com

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Katie October 18, 2009 at 7:33 AM

Wow! This is fantastic! Thank you for sharing!

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apartyof5 October 17, 2009 at 11:03 PM

Wow – thank you for the tutorial, it is fabulous, am making a wallet now. Found you via sew mama sew and now have you on my blog reader :)

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The Bothered Owl October 17, 2009 at 7:31 PM

A lovely tutorial, thank you so much! I will definitely be trying this one out :->

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verypurpleperson October 17, 2009 at 6:49 PM

Thank you, everyone! I hope the the tutorial is clear!

Sew Much Ado, I use a vector program (CorelDraw) to draw the illustrations ^.^

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Sew Much Ado October 17, 2009 at 2:34 PM

That is so adorable! I love it. Can I ask you what program you used to do your illustrations? They are great.

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Serena October 17, 2009 at 7:40 AM

Thank you for this wonderful tutorial!

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Rachel@oneprettything.com October 17, 2009 at 7:34 AM

That is DARLING! I can't wait to make one myself. Thanks so much for sharing your tutorial, I'll be linking to this.

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tyska October 11, 2009 at 2:16 PM

Great job!
I'm looking forward to see a tutorial for the bigger wallet:)

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Eva Marie Sutter October 11, 2009 at 1:20 AM

So great! My old wallet is bursting with too much ephemera. This tutorial is just in time and so well done. Your creativity is infectious and inspiring.

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Ida Nielsen October 10, 2009 at 12:34 PM

Ohh, thank you so much!! You should enter this wallet in the 'Scrapbuster month' competition at sewmamasew.com.

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Anonymous October 9, 2009 at 11:30 AM

Thank you – I admired your wallets the 1st time you made them.

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Con pájaros en mi cabeza October 9, 2009 at 10:14 AM

yujuuuuuuuuuu!!!! thanks…

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inoriz October 9, 2009 at 9:08 AM

Yay! Thank you very much!

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Jessie Fincham October 9, 2009 at 3:34 AM

thanks so much for taking the time to write the tutorial :) it looks fantastic! can't wait to try it! :)

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Khathle October 9, 2009 at 3:07 AM

Thank you so much, for this tutorial and this blog.
Every week, I'm looking forward to reading your new post.

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Karencilla October 9, 2009 at 1:50 AM

THank you!! this is great.. now i need time! :/

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lunatepetal October 9, 2009 at 1:30 AM

A W E S O M E !

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Cristina October 9, 2009 at 12:18 AM

THANK YOU
I know it is very hard to do a tutorial, a lot of work there, for that i say thank you for your work, and thank you for sharing this wonderful mini wallet :)
Cristina

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Katie October 9, 2009 at 12:17 AM

Congrats on your first tutorial! Looks great, thanks!

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