This minimalist leather card wallet is a basic, useful project that builds foundational leatherworking skills with a simple fold-over design. Using a single piece of leather and hand stitching, the project can be made with different leather types and weights to create a variety of finished looks.
Whether you're new to leathercraft or looking for a quick project for gifts, craft shows or everyday use, this tutorial walks through each step—from laying out the pattern and choosing your leather to cutting, punching stitching holes, saddle stitching and finishing the wallet.
What You'll Learn
- How to lay out and measure a simple card wallet pattern
- How to choose leather for a card wallet
- How to mark, cut and round the leather
- How to fold and prepare the wallet for stitching
- How to mark and punch stitching holes
- How to hand sew using a saddle stitch
- How to finish the stitch line
Skill Level
Beginner
This project is designed for beginner leathercrafters looking to practice essential skills on an easy, approachable project. The straightforward construction provides experience with measuring, cutting, punching and hand stitching while creating a useful, finished wallet.
Tools & Materials Overview
This project demonstrates the card wallet using Western Crunch Water Buffalo, Embossed Floral Leather and Fire Veg Tan Leather, giving you the opportunity to see how different leather weights and finishes work with the same simple pattern. The project uses essential leatherworking tools including a Scratch Awl, Steel Square with Nonslip Tape, Corner Knife, 15 mm, Leather Marking Pen, Double Sided Adhesive Tape, Stitch Groover, 1/8” Flat Chisel Set, Rawhide Mallet, Poly Cutting Board, Leather Stitching Pony, John James Saddlers Needle, Ritza Tiger Thread, 0.8 mm, Magnetic Tack Hammer, and Granite Tooling Slab. Together, these tools and materials guide you through pattern layout, leather cutting, folding, preparing stitching holes, saddle stitching and finishing the completed card wallet.
Regular price $19.20Unit price
