Tutorial Tuesday- Glue gun wallet

I had every intention of sewing this wallet. I really did. I had all my materials set out and then the thought ran through my mind "Wouldn't it be cool if it was made with my glue gun?"

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And well, I had to try!

 And I succeeded! Win! Now, this tutorial goes over the very basics of a wallet. Slots for cards, slots for cash. But the cool thing is, this wallet is REALLY customizable! You can add a coin purse section, you can add a fun closure, more pockets, go crazy!

So for a glue gun wallet, you will need:

• Felt (I used two sheets of the same kind of felt, not the white pictured)
• Glue gun
• Ruler
• Scissors
• Marking tool (the sharpie)
• Embellishments (the lace in the picture, I ended up not using any because of the detail of the felt)
• Wallet for measurements

Isn't this felt so cool? It's embossed with a cool paisley pattern!

I used my wallet to gauge measurements. First I cut the sheet to 7 1/2 inches wide.

Then I cut it down to a little less than 8 inches tall. Don't throw any of these scraps away!

I used the leftover scrap to cut two strips 7 1/2 inches wide and a little less than 2 inches tall. Then I cut a third piece from a new piece of felt. So now you have three 7 1/2 x 2ish inches pieces. Fold your original 7 1/2 x 8ish in half to see where the middle is. Then arrange your strips on one side like so. There's no measuring here, just make it look even.

The measuring was just to make sure it lined up nicely. Take the strips off the wallet and squirt a thin line of glue along the bottom of your fist strip. This strip goes at the TOP. Line it up nicely, press it down.

Do it again for the second one, overlapping the first one. Like so. Repeat for the third strip.

See how they're all overlapping nicely? Glue down the sides.

Cut two strips from your new piece of felt 3 inches by 7 1/2 inches for your cash slots. Remember that fun overlapping gluing fun-ness you just did? Do it again for your cash pockets! You should end up with an almost wallet like this!

To divide the credit card slots, I just put a credit card in, pushed it all the way to the side, and marked the middle. Then I added a tiny dot of glue right at that point between the two layers and did the same for all three layers. You don't need more than a little dot!

See how the pockets are now divided? Now you can add more credit cards!

Fill it up with all your goodies! Embellish it, customize it, make it your own! I decided to not add any embellishments because I didn't want to cover up the fun texture of the felt.

Wasn't that so easy? No sewing and a half our? My kind of project.
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