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I have a plan! (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by CoffeeTails@lemmy.world to c/leathercraft@lemmy.ca

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I have a plan for my future wallet and notebook combo! This is my fairly precise sketch. See images below.

I'll give it a Z fold with wallet on one side and notebook on the other.

The notebook part will have holes in the middle at the top and bottom where I'll attatch two elastics for two small notebooks. I might make them into one tho.

The wallet part will have a zipper all around and for the inside pockets I'll use fabric to reduce weight and thickness. The curves on the paper represent pockets so I'll have two on each side. I'm going to attatch them with a W shape so that I get a proper pocket in the middle.

I'm not sure what to do about the fact that leather has a front and back tho. I'd prefer to not have two layers to reduce thickness and weight.

I hope this makes sense and is possible

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[–] Dop@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 hours ago

First of all, this looks like a fun and smart design, I like the idea of a fully zipped compartment for the wallet, that is easy to reach for.

Here are a couple questions though :

I don't understand what you mean by "attach them with a W shape" can you elaborate ?
will there be a system to keep the whole item closed (such as another elastic string, or maybe a snap button?)
how do you plan to stitch the elastic band for pen holder, so that it's strong enough to last through time, but also it doesn't mess with the closure of your notebook-wallet?
have you already planned the way you want to mix leather and fabric, and how you are going to stitch/sew it all together?
you have 2 sides to leather, flesh side ("inner" side of the hide) and grain side (the skin side). So if you want the grain to show on the back, for instance, you will have the flesh showing on the front (or vice versa). Flesh side is usually considered less noble, and may deteriorate through time and turn mushy/flaky. To avoid that you have several options : lining with a thin leather (goat works great, it can be thinned out and remain strong), but then yiunhave to stitch the lining all around and work on a nice and clean edge finish. Or a cheaper/easier way is to buy veg-tan leather and rub the flesh side with tokonole and burnish it to get it stabilized. But maybe you have another plan in mind?

Good luck with you project, looking forward to seeing how it goes!

(And SOAD ftw!)