Quilted Fat Quarter Wallet Tutorial

Fabric can be purchased here!

I made a wallet using the fabric I created on Spoonflower.com yesterday. (Fabric can be purchased here!) The wallet is extremely useful because it can carry your phone, credit cards and cash. Even better, the wallet can be made from a single fat quarter (although I chose not to out of interest of contrasting fabrics) and is extremely easy to make!

So here's how I made it!

Quilted Fat Quarter Wallet Tutorial

Marterials

• Fat Quarter of fabric, contrasting fabric is optional
• Batting or fleece for quilting
• Light fusible interfacing
• Iron on Velcro or other closure
• Sewing machine, scissors etc etc.

Step 1: Cut Fabric

Cut two 8.5 in. x 21 in. strips out of your fat quarter. (If the fabric is squared off and is an exact 21 in. by 17 in. then this is cutting the fat quarter in half.)

Cut one of these 8.5 in. x 21 in. strips into three pieces. Make two cuts that are 8.5 in. long, and another that is 4 in. long. (You should have two squares that measure 8.5 in. x 8.5 in. and one rectangle that is 4 in. x 8.5 in.)

Cut the second 8.5 in. x 21 in. strip into 3 pieces. Make one cut that is 3.5 in., 3 in. long and the last one that is 2 in. long. (You should have a rectangle that measures 3.5 in. x 8.5 in., 3 in. x 8.5 in. and 2 in. x 8.5 in.)

Out of your interfacing, cut a square that is 8 in. x 8 in. and a rectangle that is 1.5 in. x 8 in.

Out of your batting or fleece, cut a square that is 8 in. x 8 in.

Step 2: Iron and Quilt

Iron your 8 in. square of interfacing to one 8.5 in. square of fabric. This will be your outside fabric. There should be a quarter inch of a gap between the edge of the interfacing and the edge of the fabric, this is to cut down on the bulk in the seams when sewing.

Pin your 8 in. square of batting (fleece works just as well) to your 8.5 in. square (the one that you just interfaced) and quilt it down. As you can see in Figure 1, I only quilted a small portion of the batting as a decorative feature. If you do not quilt the entire thing, I suggest using a basting stitch where you did not quilt to make it easier to turn later.

Figure 1.

Iron your 1.5 in. x 8 in. rectangle of interfacing to your 2 in. x 8.5 in. rectangle of fabric. This will be your closure. Set it aside for now.

Step 3: Rolled Hems and Sewing

Take your 4 in. x 8.5 in. rectangle, 3.5 in. x 8.5 in. rectangle and 3 in. x 8.5 in. rectangle and create a 1/4 in. rolled hem on each of them. To create a rolled hem, fold over 1/4 in. and iron. Fold over this 1/4 in. a second time and iron it again. 

Top stitch the rolled hem, as seen in Figure 2.

Figure 2

Once hemmed, lay your 3 in. x 8.5 in. rectangle on top of your 3.5 in. x 8.5 in. rectangle, as seen in Figure 3. Measure 2 1/4 in. away from either edge and stitch the top rectangle down to the bottle rectangle.

Figure 3

Take your 2 in. x 8.5 in. rectangle and fold it in half so that it is 2 in. x 4 1/4 in. with right sides facing together. Stitch along the sides with a 1/4 in. seam allowance. This should leave an opening on one side, as seen in Figure 4.

Figure 4

I forgot to take a picture of this part (because I skipped this step by accident! Whoops!) so bare with me.

Flip this piece inside out and iron it flat. Top stitch along the edge. 

Step 4: Putting it all Together

This would be the time to add any closures that you need. I used iron on Velcro so I was able to do this as the last step, but if you are doing snaps or buttons you may want to do it now before we sew the wallet together.

Figure 5

Lay out your pieces as seen in figure 5. The 4 in. x 8.5 in. rectangle should go on one side while the two pieces you stitched together should go on the other side of the 8.5 in. x 8.5 in. rectangle without interfacing or quilting. Lay your closure strap on top, right side facing down. Basting them in place is optional but helpful.

Lay out the main, quilted fabric on top, right sides facing together as seen in Figure 6 and pin.

Stitch around the edge with a 1/4 in. seam allowance, but leave a 2-3 in. gap so you can flip it inside out.

Figure 6

Clip your corners, as seen in Figure 7.

Figure 7

Flip it inside out. Iron it out. Top stitch around the edge. This should stitch closed the gap you left open to flip the wallet inside out, but if you feel more comfortable you can use a ladder stitch to close the gap.

Figure 8

At this point, if you have not added a closure yet use some iron on Velcro. Its my favorite for quick projects like this!

Done!

Your wallet is done. Admire it. 

Looking back on the pattern, I wonder if I should have done the pockets differently. They are nice and clean, but I felt like they should be a bit thicker (and less flimsy) to house my giant Samsung Galaxy S2. If I were to make this pattern again, I think I'd cut the fabric for the pockets twice as long and fold them in half to create the pockets instead of using a rolled hem. Maybe for another day! 

Doctor Who Pandorica Fabric

Depending on whether or not you like www.spoonflower.com, you might rejoice in the in the fact that many of the projects I will be posting will be from Spoonflower. Although lawyers probably have a blast sending out seize and desist orders over copyright infringement, I think companies need to be more lenient with their fan's creativity. I think many of the fans use Spoonflower more for an outlet to celebrate their fandom and less to mass produce a copyrighted product.

Doctor Who Pandorica Fabric Box

With that being said, user jennofalltrades on Spoonflower has created this wonderful Doctor Who Pandorica fabric. You can buy the fabric as a 1 8in x 8in swatch for 5.00 USD. If you wanted to create a cube, you would need to order 6 swatches for a total of 30.00 USD plus shipping and handling charges. This would be a wonderfully easy plushie to make, and extremely cute, too.

I just wish it had a slightly more productive purpose than a toy or decoration. You can use it as an ottoman, but at 8in by 8in, that's a rather small foot rest. Possibly a tissue box cover, but the fabric is far too big.

You could purchase 5 swatches for a total of 25.00 USD and with some interfacing and some lining, you could create an awesome and rather functional storage cube. Maybe something like this tutorial from The Sometimes Crafter blog!

Fabric box featured from The Somteims Crafter blog.

I hope that provides you with the inspiration to go out and make your own project. If you make anything, please feel free to share it with me! I'd love to see what you come up with!

Starcraft Overlord Pattern

Another quick PSA.

The pattern is available for purchase here!

I normally try to provide as much free projects as possible, but a lot of the projects on here will have a pricetag on them. Unfortunately. If you're looking for free projects only, check out the "free label" in my tags.

Starcraft Overlord Pattern

I've seen this pattern floating around on Etsy and I thought it was only proper that I share it with you guys. This pattern was created by arixystix on Etsy, featuring an adorable Overlord plushie from Starcraft. The pattern is available for purchase here at the price of 11.00 USD.

Also available in arixystix's Etsy shop are patterns to make Plants vs. Zombies plushies! A killer Christmas gift for any of your zombie-loving friends and family members. (Cough, cough... me?)

I also stumbled upon arixystix's blog where she features some really adorable projects. She's got everything from Bioshock: Infinite to Diablo 2.

My favorite being these incredibly well crafted Diablo 2 characters. Take a look at her work, its absolutely amazing. She mentioned making a pattern for Diablo but has yet to deliver on that comment. I for one would be absolutely ecstatic if she provided the pattern, for purchase or for free. However, as someone currently working on her own patterns I understand how difficult it can be to design a pattern and then a tutorial on how to use it.

Diablo has never been cuter, even when he was incarnated as Leah.

Star Trek Quilt

A quick PSA.

When I made this blog, I had the intention of including a tutorial with every project I do. However, as a college student a single project could take me weeks or months to finish. The blog would move a little slow, don't you think? Thus, in the interest of providing interesting and exciting, new content, I have decided to post projects with or without my personal tutorial to go along with them. I am sincerely sorry. I hope to include my own personal work and tutorial for all of these projects when I get the time for them.

Star Trek Quilt Pattern

You can find the design on her tumblr here!

A couple weeks ago, reddit user /u/girlntheotherrm, posted this awesome design for a Star Trek quilt she was working on to /r/sewing. You can find the pattern on her tumblr here! 

Definitely check it out, she deserves all the credit for this design. (Well, her and the costume designers for Star Trek.) She includes the measurements to make your own throw (or baby) blanket. If you wanted a full size quilt, I imagine you would just double most of the measurements.

The trickiest part would probably be the insignia, but I'm sure with a quick Google search you could easily find an image to base your applique off of. 

I think I'll make this project as a Christmas gift come the holiday season. For who? (I'm sure half of my friends would die to receive one, but I'm not telling anyone who's getting it!) Expect to see a walk through for this pattern in a few months as I work on it. 

Go forth and create!!