THE NECESSARY MATERIAL
To complete this tutorial you will need:
- 1 piece of leather 20 x 30 cm - Thickness 1.2 mm
- 1 snap fastener - diameter 12 mm
- 1 box of Meisi M60 wire - 0.65 mm
- 1 slice finish
- 1 bar of beeswax
And the following material:
- 1 cutter / brass sheath
- 1 awl with pliers
- 1 straight square - size 1
- 1 wooden smoothing knife
- 1 set of snap fasteners - 12 mm and the installation kit
1. DOWNLOAD THE WALLET PATTERN
Download and print the small purse pattern.
Flat and simple design pattern (2 pieces), the pattern is designed for 1.2 mm leather. If the leather is thicker or thinner, the pattern will need to be revised slightly to take into account the thickness.
For this pattern, the leather chosen is 1.2 mm smoothed caramel-colored collar. The sewing thread is black waxed cotton. The seam spacing is 5 mm. The edges are smoothed with beeswax and a burnisher (multipurpose smoother). Finally, the closing system is via a 12 mm ball snap button.
2. CUT YOUR LEATHER ACCORDING TO THE TEMPLATE
Cut out your piece of leather, with a cutter or utility knife, methodically following the pattern.
3. GLUE THE EDGES AND SEW
- Glue the 2 pieces of leather on the edges that are going to be sewn
- Trace the seam line using a former
- Mark the stitching points
- Make a saddle stitch seam
4. WORKING THE LEATHER SLICES
- Square then sand the edges
- Place gum tragacanth or tokonole on the slices and rub with a cloth.
5. INSTALL THE SNAP BUTTON
Depending on the method of your choice, place a snap on the end of the leather. Before this operation, make sure you have a snap.