Wallet for me

August 27, 2010

I have been hanging on to my old vera bradley wallet forever.  I liked how it folded small but still could hold all my things.  I finally decided to make one for myself.  I though I would just buy a pattern since my sewing has been on the tempermental side lately!  But I didn't want to wait since I HAD to get this done right away!  Typical!  Here is what i came up with~

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And opened…

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and with the coin pouch & zipper…

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Happy!  Works just fine although the zipper pouch could use some extra work.

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