Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Handmade Wallet


Handmade Wallet for Bob by b-a-boop
Handmade Wallet, a photo by b-a-boop on Flickr.
Bob asked me to make him something for his birthday with less than a week to go. I wasn’t sure what I could whip up, but then I spotted his worn old wallet & remembered that I had bought him a new one over a year ago which he didn’t like, so I had returned it. I took his old one, snapped a few photos to refer back to, measured it & sketched it up. The next day I went looking through my fabrics to find something useful. I ended up eliminating everything but my denim scraps. After looking through my collection of bindings, I settled on a striped vintage bias binding that I believe came from my grandma and a remnant of some brush denim from what I think I made a pair of pants from in high school…does anyone else out there even remember brush denim? He was very pleased with it & especially liked how soft the denim was. I hope it last as long as the last one, but if not, I now have a pattern.

8 comments:

  1. you should make a video showing how to make this

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    1. I agree she should make a video on how to make a denim walley

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  2. Do you have a link for the pattern? I'd love to make one of these

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  3. So sorry, I don't have a pattern, I just wrote down the measurements from his old wallet & snapped a few photos and worked from there.

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  4. thank you so much, i found this a while back, (i hope i didn't just comment for the second time!!lol) but this is what i wanted to make for 2 of my grandsons
    kudzu

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  5. nice wallet! is it make of jean fabric?

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    1. yes it is made of denim jeans fabric, it was a remnant of fabric from a pair I made back in high school.

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