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Tea Towel Wallet
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A tea towel
wallet is a lightweight and
beautiful way to carry all the
essentials! With a zippered pocket
for cash, and five smaller pockets
for credit cards and IDs, you can
take everything you need with you,
securely and in style.
Take two pretty tea towels, add
beautiful embroidery designs on the
outer and inner sections, and you
have a lovely and useful wallet
unlike anyone else's. Read on to
learn how to make a unique tea towel
wallet!
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Supplies Continued:
**All-purpose polyester zipper (I used a 9"
zipper that I cut down to about 8" long)
**Needle and heavy weight thread (for some hand
sewing)
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Supplies Needed:
**Two tea towels (my towels are
16" wide by 25" high)
**Two
5" wide by 8 1/2" high pieces of
medium weight fusible interfacing
**Medium weight cutaway
stabilizer
**Temporary
spray adhesive
**Air-erase pen or dressmaker's
pencil
**5"
length of 1/8" thick decorative
cord
**One inch button
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First, to prepare
the fabric for the outer shell
of the wallet, draw a 12" wide
by 9 1/2" high rectangle on the
fabric.
Using an air-erase pen or
other marking tool, measure and
mark the center of the top and
bottom of the shape by measuring
and dividing by two and draw a
line connecting the marks.
Create a paper template of
the design by printing it at
full size using embroidery
software.
Position the design on
the right side of the shape to
the right of the line you just
drew (this is the embroidered
area of the front of the
wallet).
I positioned the
template with the edges of the
design at least 3/4" from the
center line and at least one
inch from the top, bottom, and
right side of the shape.
Poke a hole in the center
of the template and mark the
fabric.
Also, mark the horizontal
and vertical axis points.
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Remove the template
and draw lines connecting the
marks.
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Spray a piece of
medium weight cutaway stabilizer
with temporary adhesive and smooth
the fabric on top.
Hoop the fabric and
stabilizer together by aligning the
marks on the hoop with the lines on
the fabric.
Attach the hoop to the
machine and load the design.
Move the hoop so that the
needle is directly over the center
point on the fabric and embroider
the design.
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When the design has
finished, trim away the excess
stabilizer on the backside of the
embroidery.
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To prepare the
fabric for the inner zipper pocket,
draw a 6" wide by 9 1/2" high
rectangle on the fabric.
Measure and mark 2" in along
the top and bottom edge of the shape
starting at the top and bottom right
corner.
Draw a line
connecting the marks.
The area to the left of the
line is the embroidered area.
Create a paper template of
the design and place it within the
embroidered area at least 3/4" from
the line and at least one inch from
the top, bottom, and left sides of
the shape.
Mark the fabric, hoop
the fabric with stabilizer, and
embroider the design just as you did
earlier.
Trim away the excess
stabilizer on the backside of the
embroidery.
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To add the zipper
to the pocket, first measure one
inch up and down along the line
starting at the top and bottom edges
of the shape.
Draw a 1/2" horizontal line
at each mark extending to the right
of the line.
Measure and mark the center
of each of the 1/2" long lines and
draw a
line connecting the
marks.
Next cut slits in the
fabric along each of the 1/2" lines
and then also cut along the line you
just drew (the line connecting the
center marks of the 1/2" long
lines).
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Along the long cut,
fold the fabric in to the wrong
sides 1/4" and press.
Place the zipper on the wrong
side of the fabric (the right side
of the zipper facing up) with the
edges aligned with the folds.
Pin in place and zigzag
stitch around the entire outer edges
of the fabric around the zipper.
Trim the excess zipper just
under the bottom seam.
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To prepare the
fabric for the back of the zipper
pocket, lay the embroidered piece on
top of the fabric, right sides
together, pin in place, and cut out
around the shape.
Sew a 1/2" seam along the
left edge only.
Turn the fabric right side
out and press the seam.
Top stitch a 1/4" seam along
the folded edge (right edge) only.
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To prepare the
fabric for the inner lining of
the wallet, lay the embroidered
outer shell piece on top of the
fabric, pin in place, and cut
around the shape.
Remove the outer
shell piece and lay the inner
lining piece flat with the right
side facing up.
Align the zipper pocket
along the left edge of the
fabric and pin in place.
Tack the pocket in place
by sewing a 1/8" seam along the
top, bottom, and left edges. Do
not sew along the right edge as
this is the opening for the
large pocket.
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To prepare the
small credit card pockets, cut
five pieces of fabric to 4 1/4"
wide by 2 1/4" high. Cut along
the outer edges of the towel
making the existing hem the top
of the fabric pieces.
Fold the bottom
and side edges of each piece
over 1/4" to the wrong side and
press.
Place the first pocket
near the top edge of the right
side of the inner lining
(opposite side to the zipper
pocket) about one inch from the
top edge of the fabric and about
one inch from the center (or
spine) of the inner lining.
Pin in place and sew a
1/8" along the bottom edge only.
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Align the second
pocket on top of the first
pocket with the top edge of the
second pocket about one inch
from the top edge of the first
pocket.
Pin in place, and sew a
1/8" seam along the bottom edge
of the second pocket.
Repeat this
process until each pocket is in
place.
Then sew a 1/8" seam
along the right and left edges
of the pockets.
I also zigzag stitched
along the right and left edges
of the pockets to create a
decorative look.
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Cut two pieces of
medium weight fusible
interfacing to 5" wide by 8 1/2"
high.
Lay the outer shell piece
flat with the wrong side facing
up.
Then, lay the interfacing
on the fabric, fusible side
down, with 1/2" of space left
between the outer edges of the
interfacing and the outer edges
of the fabric.
Press in place according
to the instructions on the
interfacing packaging.
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Align the outer
shell piece on top of the inner
lining/pocket piece, right sides
together with the embroidered
side of the outer shell aligned
on top of the zipper pocket side
of the inner lining.
Pin in place.
Also, cut a piece
of decorative cord to 5" long.
Form into a loop, tape
the ends together, and insert
the loop in between the fabric
in the center of the right edge
with about 1/4" of the raw ends
extending out past the outer
edge of the fabric.
Sew a 1/2" seam
along the top and side edges of
the fabric; leave the bottom
open for turning.
Turn the wallet right
side out and press the seams.
Also, turn the fabric of the
opening in 1/2", press, and pin
in place.
Top stitch a 1/4" seam
along the entire outer edge of
the wallet.
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To add the button
for the closure, fold the wallet
closed, fold the loop over to
the center side edge of the
front of the wallet, and mark
the inside of the top of the
loop.
Sew a one inch button at
the mark.
And your wallet is
complete!
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