Bifold Wallet sewing pattern ideal for sewing with cork, leather or vinyl
A smart unisex wallet with room for cards and notes and spaces behind the cards for receipts etc. At last, a designer has made a wallet your guy will love for you to sew for him and this project is ideal for a confident beginner sewer.
In fact, with no seam allowances and fraying fabric edges to worry about, this might be one of the easiest wallets you’ll ever sew, and yet look the most professional. Sewing with cork fabric is so satisfying.
Use this talented designer’s original pattern to recreate a BiFold Wallet of your own. (See all patterns from Sew Gnar here.) This easy-to-follow PDF pattern walks you through each step, from printing to finishing your wallet. This simple instructional 3-page pattern includes two pattern pieces, or you can use the designers handy cutting guide if you’d rather conserve trees and not print anything.
There is even a full sew-along video for this pattern which you can watch below.
Once completed, you will have your very own unique BiFold Wallet, great for gifting or small business personal selling.
The Bifold Wallet has the following features:
- Straightforward design with 6 card slots that fit multiple cards,
- Two undercard “hidden pocket” areas,
- One cash slot.
For use with self-healing textiles only like cork fabric, vinyl, leather, etc. The designer advises that her pattern WILL NOT work if you try and use cotton fabrics. We have lots of other wallet patterns here that will work for regular fabrics.
Learn more about how to sew this wallet in the video sew-along
What you will need to make the Bifold Wallet:
- Fat Quarter of Cork, Vinyl, or Leather (or any other self-healing, non-fraying material),
- Coordinating Thread,
- Clips,
- Basic sewing supplies,
- A sewing machine.
More info about this pattern
This designers sewing pattern has 4 pages in total, includes two pattern pieces, and can be printed at home on 8.5″ by 11″ paper. It accompanies the video tutorial seen above and can be tackled by those who are new to sewing with cork.
