Annika: Hi! Luci: Mmmmmmmmmm!
Annika: that's not how we start a video... Luci: laughs
[Intro music, zipper sound effect]
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Luci: I don't know how "we" start a video I've never been [muffled] in the start of a video.
Annika: Welcome to
Make Thrift Buy, the show where you, usually, send in items of clothing or accessories
that you've seen on the internet and then I try my best to recreate them.
However today the suggestion comes from our very own Luci!
Luci: Hi!
Annika: If you don't know Luci, that's Luci. Luci: I'm her fiance.
A: we're engaged.
L: Hi!
A: So what is your suggestion? What do you want me to try and recreate?
L: I'd like you to recreate... create? Recreate? I want you to make me a
wallet!
A: Luci wants me to make him a wallet!
L: mm-hmm! I had a paper wallet - it
disintegrated, because it was made of paper.
A: That happens.
L: but the reason I had a paper
wallet, because they often wear skinny jeans, and I want a wallet that's thin
and it will just... not make a big bump in my pocket?
A: okay. L: which is why I don't want
the modern style of like big chunky leather wallets. Also, they're very
expensive. A: yeah.
L: and leather - mmm.
A: okay so you don't want
a big wallet you want a small like kind of square shaped, one maybe one that just
like folds over but isn't it too chunky? L: yes.
A: that's what you want. Okay.
L: from a neutral material.
A: okay, so I kind of have some styles
L: mm-hmm.
A: that I have imagined. I'm going to put them here over your face.
L: hey hey!
A: so I'm gonna try and make
something similar-ish to that, but more of your style. You kind of like quite
neutral things, you don't want it to be super colorful, either.
L: No.
A: Okay, little time travel here, we actually already found some fabric for the outer of the
wallet which is kind of what prompted this whole project! So we were at Reverse
Garbage in Sydney, which is a place that sells kind of like disused samples
of fabrics, for example, and we found one of those disused samples which was an
old upholstery piece. Old upholstery sample, which was stripy.
L: and it's like
neutral and stripy it's very good.
A: And yeah, and Luci was like - I love that,
can you make me a wallet out of that? And I was like okay, let's try it!
A: Annika pointed out lots of other more colorful scraps, and she was like what about this
for a wallet? And I was like no. A wallet is for business.
A: so let's get started!
wish me luck!
L: good luck, wallet make!
A: [Laughs]
So without telling Luci, I also thought I might be able to make use of these old
black skinny jean scraps that once belonged to him, especially as upcycling
old jeans is the theme for the current make thrift try challenge! I thought it
would be funny because seriously, Luci basically lives in black skinny jeans - if
you wanted to cosplay as Luci - I don't know why you would, but skinny
black jeans would be how you do it! So that's why I'm adding old jeans to the
materials that I want to use. Ok, so that and this stripey upholstery fabric is
all the scraps that I'm going to use for now. Let's take this over to my craft
table! Now for this I decided to use a pattern that already comes with its own
fairly detailed tutorial - so instead of showing you in detail how it all comes
together I'll just be doing a time-lapse for this video,
pausing if I have any important notes or difficulties with it, or tips for the
tutorial, and then I'll also do a review for the pattern at the end so you'll all
know if it's worth doing yourself, how hard the instructions are, how long it
takes, and all that good stuff. The pattern and tutorial is the bi-fold
wallet by Modest Maven, which I'll put a link to below, and I was drawn to it
because it's just a nice simple bi-fold wallet without any bells and whistles
which is what Luci wants. Okay so let's talk about what's happening on screen -
the tutorial has asked me to cut out two rectangles for the outer part of the
wallet which I'm cutting out from this stripey upholstery scrap. It also asked
me to cut out two lining pieces. First I thought I might use the denim, but then I
quickly changed my mind because I realized that the lining needs to be
quite a thin fabric or the wallet will be way, way too bulky! So I got out this
thin lining fabric that I have in bulk. It's a typical lining fabric that would
line like a skirt or something, kind of satin-y feeling. I cut out two more
rectangles from it which were the same size as the outer rectangles. Finally I
found a place to use those denim scraps! The wallet patent specifies a closure so
I cut out a little square from the denim jeans fabric so it could become the
wallet closure. And lastly the wallet also needs pockets inside it to hold
cards. Again I didn't have a scrap fabric I liked enough so I grabbed this other
thrifted fabric that I have in bulk, this nice gray color, it's basically a nice
light cotton, and I cut out two long rectangles from it.
So here's all the pieces I need: the outer, the lining, the pockets - and a
wallet closure made of old jeans. Time to construct a wallet! First, ironing. It may
not be the most fun aspect of sewing but it's very very important!
If you forego ironing your fabrics your projects just won't turn out as nicely,
especially something like this. The first thing the tutorial said to sew was the
wallet closure, and I realized that the old jeans fabric has elastane in it
which made it a nightmare to sew, as it twisted and stretched all over the place!
And so I was very glad that I was only using that fabric for such a tiny piece
of the wallet. Next, I moved on to the lining pieces. I pinned them right-sides
together and I was meant to sew all the way around these outer edges, leaving a
gap here, which I promptly forgot and sewed all the way across. Well - that's
what seam rippers are for! Okay, having put the gap back into the lining pieces
by removing the stitches here, I moved on to the pockets! Now the pockets had to be
ironed and creased in this real funky way to create multiple pockets. It
basically needs to be ironed like a concertina fan? This was probably the
trickiest part of the tutorial for me, and I spent no joke about one hour just
looking at these pieces, back at the tutorial again, looking back at the
fabric, convinced that the tutorial was wrong. But it wasn't wrong - it was just
worded confusingly. What I ended up doing was this - and it might help make the
tutorial make more sense if you are also stuck on this part. So there's this long
strip that is your pocket. Get a card that you don't mind
accidentally ruining like an old loyalty card or something like that. What's
important is that it's the same size as a regular credit card because that's
what will eventually go in the pockets! That's what you're making them for! Fold
one short edge of the fabric strip down four inches (that's ten centimeters) and
press with an iron. Flip it over. Line the card up with the folded edge like this -
and watch carefully, because this was the part that confused me, pull the long
end of the fabric strip up 'til it hits the bottom of the card. This will make
sure that the pocket is the correct depth for a credit card. Then, put a
finger on the fabric so that it'll make another fold about one inch (that's 2.5
centimeters) above the card, and then fold the fabric
back on itself. Carefully remove the card... and then, thanks arm for getting in the
way there! All I did was remove the card, anyway. Press the whole thing down with
an iron to create creases where you folded it, and then repeat this twice
until the bottom fold of the last pocket lines up with the raw edge underneath,
here. This top bit, the bit leftover from the last fold, might be a little bit long -
just cut the excess, so anything that's over the four inch length of the pocket,
off. Oh, I also recommend you pin or clip the sides really well at this point to
hold all the creases in place! And I am pretty sure that's the proper way to
make the pockets for this! At least, it worked well for me! So I hope that was
helpful. Anyway, in my confusion I ended up with
just one decent pocket that I actually did right, and one kind of weird pocket
that I was just making up as I was trying to figure it out... but I'm not
going to redo it because it'll probably still work fine! So I soldiered on. I cut
both pocket pieces to the same length and I sewed down the sides to keep the
ironed creases in place. Then as I was sewing I had a consultation with the
client. As I was showing him how the wallet was looking and how it would work,
he was really happy with it, except he had two things that he wanted to change.
One, he wanted a zip-up pocket in there so that there'll be a little pocket for
spare change. I hadn't thought about that! I hand-stitched a zipper to one of the
pocket pieces - I didn't film it unfortunately, but basically I attached
the zipper right-sides together to one of the card pocket openings, and I
stitched it in place, turning it right sides out when I was done. Two: he wasn't a
fan of the jeans closure tab. [sigh] that thing took me so long to sew.
But ok, ok, alright!
What do they say, the customer's always right! It wasn't that he didn't like the
jeans material, per se, it's just that he didn't want a closure tab at all -
he thought it made the wallet unnecessarily bulky, and that men's
wallets apparently usually don't have a closure tab. So, good riddance to this
piece! New day! Time to finish this sucker. So what I'm doing now that I've prepared
all the different pieces is that I'm going to put everything together. The
pockets go on to one of the outer pieces on its right side, and get sewn into
place around the edges. And it's actually really starting to
look like a wallet now! Which is exciting! I grabbed the other outer piece, clipped
it onto the front of the almost-wallet, right-sides together, and I sewed the
whole thing together!
Then I clipped off all the seam allowances ,which was really
important to do, especially because this upholstery fabric is... thick! So I trimmed
really close to the stitches to try and remove as much bulk as possible. Then I
slipped the main wallet inside the lining piece and I sewed all the way
around the top, joining the two right-sides together? [record scratch]... wait. Oh no! I put the
wallet in wrong sides - uhhh! Okay, making bags and wallets is not my
forte - it's still really confusing to me because I am basically a beginner in
this realm, and I'm still trying to get my head around how linings work! So I
unpicked everything - well, the stitches I just did - and then I re-did this, like I
said before. I put the wallet outer into the lining, with everything right-sides
together! Yay! And then I clipped them together around the open top edge and
then I sewed all the way around the top edge. Then I turned it all inside out, or
right-sides out, rather, through that very important gap that we made before in the
lining piece.
I cleaned up any awry threads and I pushed the lining down
into the wallet. I gave the whole thing a good iron and then I did a final top
stitch around that open edge where the main wallet and the lining joins up. And
so - how did it go?
[Chiptunes electronic music]
Here it is! It's done! Here is the, I think, really handsome
looking wallet!
I'm really really proud of how this piece turned out! So, let's find out what
Luciano thinks of it!
L: Hello! I'm back!
A: hi! It is actually it's about 1, 1 & a half
months later, and we wanted to give the wallet a proper test drive
L: that's true.
A: ...to see
L: test driving it in my butt pocket! A: yep!
A:and to check out the durability of it
because that's important, what do you think of it?!
L: I really like it! I think
it's probably my favorite wallet I've ever had! I love it!
A: really??
L: yeah! It's really good! A: Ohhhh!
L: I really like the combination of this gray inside, with the
stripes outside, it's almost kind of the same color. It is quite flat as you can
see. So this is with everything inside it, um it holds all the cards really well -
I've got lots and lots of cards... of random cards... everyone gives...
A: a really good thing that I liked about this pattern is that the cards, uh the pockets
all face the inside of the wallet, so once it's closed, they're not gonna slip out.
L: Yes, so I do feel bad about veto-ing your closure idea but it doesn't need a closure for
that reason. Like, because it's not going to - yeah - you can...
A: Yeah, the jeans closure wasn't needed. L: nothing is gonna fall out there because they
hang the other way! another good thing about the wallet that I forgot to mention -
so it's got these like main card pockets, but then it's also got these bigger
pockets in where the...
A: WHOA I didn't even notice it! I didn't even know that!
L: yeah, so what I do is: the cards I need access to all the time like my ID or
train card, or whatever, I'll put in these pockets that you can easily get, and then
all the random like, store cards the stores give you, I just put them back in
this big back pocket.
A: Ah, that's awesome.
L: So, my idea that I wanted you to add a zipper, which was not
in the pattern...yeah that actually doesn't really work.
A: But you've got coins in there!
L: yes so the thing is I've got coins in here but getting them
out is another...
A: Okay, show me.
L: it's pretty difficult so
imagine I'm trying to get exact change at a store... I've got to... okay, hang on..
okay there's one, that's 50 cents...
A: what if you move this card out?
L: well then I can't have a card there!
A: okay. L: the other thing
is that I can't tell which coins are which inside... [laughs]
A: Okay, so the coin pocket didn't really work.
L: Yeah. I tend to do what I would have ended up doing any way without a coin pocket -
which is that just put them in this top flap here with the cash.
A: so this is where -
ooh, Australian money!
L: Oh ho ho ho!
A: If you're from elsewhere!
L: Here is your payment for the wallet, five Australian dollars, 'mam!
A: well, thank you.
L: yeah! it's a really nice wallet! A: So, conclusion is:
[Scissor snipping sound effect]
L: you gonna make it! Except
get someone to make it for you if you don't know how. So, now that I reviewed
the wallet - two thumbs up - why don't you review the tutorial you
actually use to make it?
A: yes! I will, ok. The first thing I
want to review is the time it took. So all up it took me... four and a half hours
to make this wallet. L: Oh, thank you! I didn't realise it had taken so long! long
A: That's okay, yeah! When people don't sew, they don't know how long things take to mak -e do
they? [singing] sewing problemssss...
but one hour of that time was hand stitching on the
zipper pocket that didn't end up working, L: well, they don't have to do that!
A: So really, it actually took about three and a half hours if you're gonna take out
that part. L: not bad
A: okay the next thing I want to talk about
is how easy it was to sew. So I wouldn't give this a go if you've just
learned how to sew, if you're just starting out - it was a little bit tricky
and a little bit fiddly. That said, there is not a lot of specialized
stitches, every stitch you're gonna do is gonna be a straight stitch, there is some times
where you have to turn a corner, but that's it. You're going to be sewing through a lot
of layers at one point, but as long as you haven't used super bulky fabrics,
apart from on the outside, then you'll be fine. DO NOT sew this out old stretchy
jeans - that would not be fun. Mostly what you need for this is accuracy - you need
to get your seam allowances really correct otherwise things are going to go
awry really quickly. So for anyone who's been sewing for a little while or is
used to making bags or wallets, you'll find this pretty simple to do. So I'm
going to give it a final rating:
A: so I give the tutorial, four out of five stars -
L: but what about four out of five
needles... four out of five bobbins? A: okay -
what are we doing? Okay, I like that - I
like four out of five bobbins. Okay, I give this 4 out of 5 bobbins, because it
is relatively quick, fun and easy to follow, and it just turns out really
really nice as well! Like, I think this is one of the nicest looking things that
I've made! I make Luci show it to everybody. L: it's my favorite wallet that
I've had. I got an unsolicited compliment on the wallet from a woman in
a Japanese restaurant as I paid the bill. She said, "that's a very nice wallet" and I
said, my fiancee made it for me! So there you go! A: a stranger thought it was
good so you know it is. L: yeah exactly.
A:so thank you Modest Maven for the awesome
tutorial - make sure you go and check out their website if you'd like to make one
for yourself! The links are in the description!
A: So it's 2019! Happy new year
everyone! Do you have any New Year's goals, Luciano! L: Yes!
A: oh yeah? L: but I
don't want to share them because that will jinx them.
A: okay.
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- I'll see you all! maybe Luci will - who knows?
I'll see you all in my next video
but bye for now!
L: Bye!
A: Stay crafty everyone!
A: What was that?
L: I just didn't - A: I love you, you dork.
L: I didn't know what to do!
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