Wallet Project - Part 5 (Another Wallet - Heavy cotton attempt)

Today I wanted to sew a wallet with heavy cotton..  half way through I realise that it will not work out.  It is just too thick for my wallet pattern.   Each side of my wallet that could be seen has a right side, this means that the zip pocket itself will have 4 layers of fabric.   I was thinking maybe I could use it as cover; even then it is too thick.  Oh well, so I ended using almost middle weight cotton for everything except 2 layers.   The wallet was too thick for turn & top stitch.  So I used seam instead to cover the sides.


I am not happy with the seam and will be removing it and re-sew.  

I also couldn’t do top stitch in perfect straight line and has gone looking for tips and found this :) :
http://nicolemdesign.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-sew-with-nice-even-seam.html  (Thanks to the link owner for sharing this).

The zip was initially sewn nicely  in the middle of the pocket, but it ended up as the above, a bit to the right side as I have to cut away a couple mm to make all the layers even.

While I was happy with the result but when I checked the back... aiyoh..  so careless the back piece was accidentally sewn together with the zip.  I have to remove the thread and re-sew..  :(






The left are the heavy cotton pieces that I abandoned which were meant to use as cover.    In the process of making this wallet, I broke 2 sewing machine needles and lost a few drops of blood.  The needle accidentally poked my finger while I was basting the seam.  :(

I was wondering before what this little thing on the right picture is for, but now I have the experience of using it and found the name for it, the Thimble.



For more information on wallet making, please see my other wallet making posts.