A while back I purchased a yard of four types of Skelanimal fabric. I didn't know what I was going to do with it, and apparel wasn't really appealling. I've decided that purses and bags are a good use for them.

My first use of the Skelanimal fabric was the gathered clutch. This time I decided to try my hand at a wallet.

Of course the supplies. (I love first photos of just the supplies; it's just so amazing to see a pile of stuff turn into something.)

Because the Skelanimal fabric is a one way design, I had to cut the fabric in half and flip it around and restitch. This way when the wallet is folded, the pattern will not be upside down. So the seam is not so obvious, I finished it off with some single fold bias tape.

To reinforce the seam, I added a strip of interfacing on the back. I was trying to make the "fold" a little bit thicker.

Then I started on the card pockets. I added a single layer of interfacing for each pocket.

After adding the interfacing and pressing, I cacaded the pockets and attached it to the inside fabric of the wallet.

Then I whipped up the zipper pocket and attached that to the inside fabric of the wallet opposite the card pockets. OH! and I put the zipper pocket on upside down. HAHA! *pardon* 

I love finishing edges with bias tape. For some reason, it's so much easier than folding over seam allowance. The downside is handstitching the other side of the bias tape. Now, I don't have to handstitch because bias tape is folded so you can "stitch the ditch" but catch the tape on the other side. Well, that doesn't always work out well for me as some parts will slip out of place and miss the needle. I ABSOLUTELY HATE removing stiches and would rather spend the extra time handstitching than removing them.

I forgot to take pictures and I remembered as I was finishing up the hand stitching.

After adding the bias tape that it was it! The one step I didn't include in here is the craft foam I added to each flap (you can see the foam in the supplies photo.)

After it was finished, I felt it was a little too large and that I needed to put a lot in it to bulk it up.

I have tons of cards and I stuff all the reciepts in there so it didn't take long to thicken up. My phone fit nicely as well. I learned a lot from this "test" (as I've told everyone) and I've read a bit about interfacing so my next bag project will be a little different.