How To Make A Wallet?

[johnggrg]

I searched and searched in the forum and could not find anything other then a biker wallet. Does anyone have a printable pattern for a basic wallet??? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. John

[johnggrg]

Anyone?????? John

[pete]

search the Kevin King posts here

pete

[johnggrg]

Thanks for the reply pete. But I want to make a regular billfold wallet. Not a biker wallet or try fold wallet. I did look but nothing usefull. John

[johnggrg]

I'm guessing there is no pattern out there to make one. 43 views and no answer. Maybe someone has made one and can still share it?? John

I'm guessing there is no pattern out there to make one. 43 views and no answer. Maybe someone has made one and can still share it?? John

[Jimbob]

  On 6/24/2011 at 2:00 PM, johnggrg said:

I searched and searched in the forum and could not find anything other then a biker wallet. Does anyone have a printable pattern for a basic wallet??? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. John

Ok, John....now make sure you will not tell anybody, and I mean not even ur girlfriend!!!!""......that I told you that.....go to Tandy's catalog, read messurements for wallet....cut paper to this size....then look ur neighbors wallet up for inside desing....cut paper just as u like the inside, according to outside messures.....transfer to leather....sew, dye, hammer or else....and ur done......then take it all apart and make thin fiber-sheat pattern for ur later use!!! There is ur pattern....

Remember, u promissed not to tell anybody...

greetings

Jimbob

[electrathon]

Here is how I make mine. There are really not many wallet pattern published, you are correct.

Aaron

[TwinOaks]

There's a wallet pattern right here, on this forum.

You just need to expand your search parameters...

[King's X]

Check with one of our forum sponor Springfield Leather for billfold guts that are pre-made. They are very reasonable in price and worth the hassle of making one.

Good luck

[Tree Reaper]

For my first wallet I bought a Tandy kit.

I traced the leather and the lining and kept the instructions so I can make my own when this one wears out.

[johnggrg]

First I would like to say thank you for all the responces. I expanded my search for a pattern on the forum. None came up after 33 pages I gave up. If someone knows the post that has a pattern could you point me in the right direction? thyank you. John

[flyingcuda]

i am in the same boat as you! i have spent the last 2 days trying to find a simple pattern for a billfold, lots of info on biker wallets, coin wallets. oh..and a lot of...buy the kits! easy if you live near such a place that has them...closest tandy for me is 3 hours away...too much gas for a simple wallet! i then thought...i could probably figure out how to assemble, if i can just get the measurements...just as hard to find as a full pattern. so i guess i will just grab some cash and make my own measurements! good luck with your quest

[electrathon]

  On 7/5/2011 at 2:49 PM, johnggrg said:

First I would like to say thank you for all the responces. I expanded my search for a pattern on the forum. None came up after 33 pages I gave up. If someone knows the post that has a pattern could you point me in the right direction? thyank you. John

  On 7/5/2011 at 5:07 PM, flyingcuda said:

i am in the same boat as you! i have spent the last 2 days trying to find a simple pattern for a billfold, lots of info on biker wallets, coin wallets. oh..and a lot of...buy the kits! easy if you live near such a place that has them...closest tandy for me is 3 hours away...too much gas for a simple wallet! i then thought...i could probably figure out how to assemble, if i can just get the measurements...just as hard to find as a full pattern. so i guess i will just grab some cash and make my own measurements! good luck with your quest

I am a little perplexed. 4 posts up I posted a billfold pattern. I have used this pattern on most of the wallets I have made in the last couple years. After I posted it you comment you can not find one. Are you looking for a tooling pattern and not an insert pattern? Do you not understand how to assemble it one and are looking for a tutorial and not just the pattern?

Aaron

[flyingcuda]

thank you Electrathon for taking the time to post and help. unfortunatly the style you use is not quite what i was after. at first glance, yours totally confused me...which apparently according to my hubby isn't hard to do he had it figured out in no time. i didn't realise you weren't showing the back piece in your post. the one i am trying to do has a main open slot at the top so the bills go in unfolded and perhaps a few slots for cards. the measurements you have on there may be exactly what i am after, if you hold a dollar bill open across your wallet open...is it a perfect fit or is it a tad too small or big? again...thank you for posting, and by the way, you do very nice work! i'm still trying to clean up my tooling

[TexasLady]

7/5/11

Hi electrathon! I wasn't one of the original ones requesting a pattern, but the title of this Thread got my attention. I just now took a closer look at your pattern and I see that the numbers all add up nicely. It looks like it should work just fine. I've 'made things' all my life, so even though there aren't any indications of whether an edge is raw or is folded under, I realize that there are just personal ways that someone might put the wallet together. But, yes, maybe a few lines on 'how to assemble' and 'how many to cut' would reassure someone wanting to try out your pattern. Thanks for giving it to us.

I bought a Tandy Premier Wallet a month ago for precisely this purpose. I wanted to draw around it on film, so that I can make myself another one exactly like it. I did find that since the interior is already sewn together, making an exact copy of that will be a little tricky. There is a center area that intentionally doesn't lay flat, but rather will encourage the wallet to bend in the right place after it is assembled. I'm looking forward to figuring this out, as this is something that interests me. - TexasLady

  On 7/5/2011 at 7:08 PM, electrathon said:

I am a little perplexed. 4 posts up I posted a billfold pattern. I have used this pattern on most of the wallets I have made in the last couple years. After I posted it you comment you can not find one. Are you looking for a tooling pattern and not an insert pattern? Do you not understand how to assemble it one and are looking for a tutorial and not just the pattern?

Aaron

P.S. Hi flyingcuda! You posted while I was still writing my post.

Edited July 5, 2011 by TexasLady

[TwinOaks]

Okay, my bad....I didn't verify the link in that last post o' mine. It was supposed to link you to:

http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=16830&st=0&p=107705&hl=+hipster%20+billfold&fromsearch=1entry107705

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[johnggrg]

I didn't realize I was unclear on what I was looking for. Original question was" Does anyone have a printable pattern for a basic wallet???" Pattern I was looking for was for the bilfold body parts. So I could print the body parts out. Not a tooling pattern and not a biker style wallet. Printable pattern for bilfold wallet body and guts. That is what I am looking for. Sorry if there was some confution about that. And thank you all for posting I have learned alot already. But really like a printable pattern if possable. Thank you. John

[johnggrg]

Ok I am going to try and figure this out. I cut 2 peices of 5-6 oz veg tan leather at 3 1/2 x 8 1/2. Now if I can figure out how to make the pockets and ID holder. That was why I was looking for a pattern to print instead of guess work. At this point that is all it is. I know the leather is thick for this but I want it to last. Maybe someone is good at making a printable pattern for the inside peices I need and can wipe one up and post it????? I hope so. Just so you know this will be hand stitched I have no machine. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. John

Edited July 6, 2011 by johnggrg

[johnggrg]

Found a link to a PDF. When you open it it looks like a web page. I just clicked save and it saved the hole thing. It not only has a pattern for a deluxe billfold but also a ladies wallet to. Here it is enjoy if you need it. John

http://www.classicbe...letpatterns.pdf

[johnggrg]

Tried the link yesterday and it worked now it's not. Don't know what happened. Try thjis one worked today. John

http://www.classicbells.com/verlane/projects/Walletpatterns.pdf

Edited July 7, 2011 by johnggrg

[TexasLady]

7/7/11

I've had that happen to me on some 'legal' sites, johnggrg. It's very disconcerting. And I'd also posted it on a forum, the time it happened to me. One lawyer on that forum found the info a different (better) way, and posted a more permanent link for everyone. He said something about there being some sites that change their links daily. Anyway, I'm going to re-paste your above link, which is working great at the moment, in a way so that it's all 'visible'. Then, if it stops working, some clever person might still find a way to make it work, even if it's through Googling the components of the link and finding an 'archived' copy. - TexasLady

http(colon)//www.classicbells(dot)com/verlane/projects/Walletpatterns(dot)pdf

  On 7/7/2011 at 12:54 PM, johnggrg said:

Tried the link yesterday and it worked now it's not. Don't know what happened. Try thjis one worked today. John

http://www.classicbe...letpatterns.pdf

Edited July 7, 2011 by TexasLady

[TwinOaks]

The Kevin King tutorial explains and shows how to make pockets for the interior of the wallet.

The one I put up has the measurements on it.

Would you like someone with a clicker to cut out the pieces and mail them to you?

[johnggrg]

Twinoaks thank you for the offer but not neccesary. I was just trying to find a wallet pattern that included a ID or picture window in it as well as Card holders in a bifold wallet. I should have included that information in my post but didn't. I coppied the plans for a future wallet but mine will be hand stitched not laced. A how to on the picture or ID holder would be nice but I can figure that out. Thank you TexasLady for fixing the link for everyone else.

Let me ask you this. I know most people use a thinner leather to make there wallets. Do you think it would be ok to make the outside peice from 6-7 oz. Then make the inside peice that the card holders are attatched to use 2-3 oz? Would that work well? That is all I have on hand at the moment. I was thinking of doubleing the 2-3 oz inside peice so it has a smooth side on both sides. This way the pocket were the bills go has a flesh side and would sturdy up the interior peice. It sounds like it will work good but would like your opinions on that. Thank you for all the help.. John

[electrathon]

Let me walk through this one step at a time.

The pattern I posted is a billfold design. You can use it as a 4 pocket with cards on both sides or a two pocket with ID window on the other side. If you want more card slots add more of the angled pieces, make each one a little longer.

You will need one of the larger pieces and one angles piece, two of the rectangles. This is for a ID window wallet.

The back (carved part) of the liner is 9 5/8 X 3 1/2, glue a liner directly to it is you like.

[electrathon]

Cut out the pieces, the line in the pattern is a fold line. Fold it over and sew it (you can likely use a home machine for this, you should be using the thinnest leather you can find. I usually use pig from tandy for this part. If you are using the ID window you will have three seams to sew, one on the inside of the angled end and two along the top.