My wallet wore out about a year ago. I liked the general shape, but was looking for a fun project, so instead of buying a new one I made a similar one, first out of paper, then scrap canvas, then scrap leather, then a final version from Walpier Buttero with edge paint and hand stitching in an accent color. I designed it in Inkscape, and laser-cut the pieces, including the holes for stitching, which allowed me to get very precise stitches. Not pictured - several paper/staples iterations on the pockets tweaking the pattern to my liking
Finally got that colour Ritza! RM is the only one I could find to get it. $20 to Canada but I ordered a bunch more to make up for that lol. Got some new tools and more thread colours. 💪
My wallet wore out about a year ago. I liked the general shape, but was looking for a fun project, so instead of buying a new one I made a similar one, first out of paper, then scrap canvas, then scrap leather, then a final version from Walpier Buttero with edge paint and hand stitching in an accent color. I designed it in Inkscape, and laser-cut the pieces, including the holes for stitching, which allowed me to get very precise stitches. Not pictured - several paper/staples iterations on the pockets tweaking the pattern to my liking
That’s the way to go! I don’t see any pictures … can you post some?
Pictures of the paper ones I left out, or are you not seeing the main picture I posted of the 4 other iterations side-by-side?
It didn’t show any. But now it does. Might have been my connection.
Looks great. Love the blue thread. Is it Ritza?
Yep, Ritza 25 Tiger thread 0.6 Aqua
Sweet! I need to get that one. I love the colour combo. And I have an evergrowing Ritza collection 🙈
Hm… where did you get the colour? None of my usual suppliers have the colour “aqua”
https://www.rmleathersupply.com/products/0-6mm-ritza-25-polyester-tiger-thread-25m-length-if-buy-5-get-1-free?variant=39819526930541 this is where I get most of my supplies, if you happen to be US-based they have free shipping, and a good selection of leathers, edge paints, and threads
Thanks for the link. I’ll have to see if they ship to Canada! I think I’ll start a thread with suppliers by country as well.
Community resources like that are super valuable! Hopefully community wikis will eventually be a thing
Finally got that colour Ritza! RM is the only one I could find to get it. $20 to Canada but I ordered a bunch more to make up for that lol. Got some new tools and more thread colours. 💪
Nice! I hope that it works out well for you! Mine is still holding up beautifully