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Want to try some of the fancy decorative stitches on your machine? Maybe you want to learn how to make a buttonhole and sew on a button? This week you’ll get to try your hand at all these techniques and make a wallet!

week THREE Pocket Change Wallet

designed by:Nydia Kehnle

estimated sewing time:90 minutes

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POCKET CHANGE WALLET

• Felt (at least 5” x 8 1/2”)• Coordinating Thread• Button• Hand sewing needle• Sewing Pins• Scissors • Basting glue• Printed pattern - Page 8

STEP 1: PREPARE PATTERN AND FABRIC Use the printed pattern to trace and cut the felt.

At the corners of the top of the felt, lay a ruler at the 1 inch mark, and fold the bottom of the felt up to meet the ruler edge.

INSTRUCTIONS

MATERIALS

& SUPPLIES

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Press quickly with the iron to create a crease.

With the bottom piece folded up, lay the ruler across lining up the .5’’ mark. You will fold the top down, use your finger to crease the top edge, move ruler away and press with the iron. You will now have 2 marks on your felt.

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STEP TWO: DECORATE THE FELT

You can do this however you’d like! I only used one color of thread for my embroidery, but you can use more then one if you like. Make sure to experiment with stitches on a scrap of felt. I found some really fun stitches just by playing around! Make sure when you are picking your embroidery stitches that you pay attention to the proper presser foot. They are easy to swap out. Read your manual or look on the machine screen to see what presser foot you need for each stitch. STEP THREE: MAKING THE BUTTONHOLE

It seems a bit scary but I promise it’s not! You can practice on a scrap piece of fabric so you can see what happens before you try it on your pouch. Pick out a button that you want to use and put it in the back of the buttonhole foot. Make sure the white piece is pinching the button in place.

This is going to automatically make the buttonhole the right size for the button. Attach this presser foot to the machine, pull down the lever on the side to lock in the presser foot. Line up the point of the felt to the center of the presser foot. Make your buttonhole.

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Here is the hardest part in this entire project. You’ll need to cut the hole inside the stitches of your buttonhole. Be very careful and make sure you don’t cut the threads. Use a pair of sharp pointed scissors to cut the inside of the buttonhole open.

STEP FOUR: SEW ON BUTTON

Now we need to make a mark for where to sew the button. Placing my pen inside the buttonhole opening, make a mark in the center of the opening.

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Hand sew the button onto that mark. I criss-crossed a few times through the 4 holes to secure it well. You are almost done!

STEP FIVE: FINISH UP WALLET

Glue the edges on each side, this will ensure that the pouch sides don’t wiggle when you try to sew them. Let it dry for a few minutes before you sew.

Sew the sides using the ¼ inch foot. Back stitch at

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each end to make sure that the stitches hold.

Yay! All finished!

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