All the supplies needed and full step-by-step instruction can be found in the link above rightfully labeled as "Tutorial." In all, I believe the supplies only ended up costing me $13, this including all the fabric(plus extra), a zipper, button(and an extra). I already had a things like thread and the elastic at my house, which most people do.
I made a few minor alterations to the original tutorial, the most obvious being the replacement of the magnet with a cute button and elastic band. To do this, just stitch in the elastic before permanently sewing the flap in a triangular shape. Going over the elastic more than once with the sewing machine would be a good idea for extra hold. Next, simply secure a button of choice to the wallet where it appears to best be placed. Ta-da! This gives the wallet a much cuter flare than the magnet, in my opinion.
Another small change I made was to use a solid strip of fabric instead of the patchwork strip the tutorial suggest. This makes the construction of the wallet less time-consuming and it look just as good.
I love the overall outcome of the wallet, but allow me to say it was the most stressful project I've taken on. Luckily, my grandmother is a talented sewer as I am definitely not. I basically assembled it and allowed her to sew it together. It literally took three days for us to finish, probably 10 hours total time of labor. Granted we did not really know what we were doing at first and goofed on occasion, it still took an overwhelming amount of time to fully complete. My suggestion is to thoroughly read through the tutorial and understand the instruction completely first before blindly diving straight into it.
Aside from that, I'm extremely pleased with the outcome o the wallet! I love the patterns I chose and the fact that it can hold up to 12 cards (not that I have that many, but it's still pretty handy). Also, it has a two-sided zipper compartment for bills and coins. I'm so pleased with mine, and I continue to use it to this day!
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