Here’s a recent wallet I finished. It’s done in Whiskey with red thread. Check out the complete tutorial if you want to make one yourself or go here to order one that I can make for you.
iPhone Flip Wallet: Whiskey
Reply
Category Archives: Wallets
Custom Order: iPhone hardcase leather sleeve with card slots
This wallet is based on my first leather hard case with an added slot for up to 4 or 5 cards. Everything is made by hand.
5layers: the wallet for iPhone 4 and 4S
The bottom of the wallet shows the total of 7 layers of untreated thick veg tanned leather
I have used a similar design for many months and this is the refined version using thick vegetable tanned leather. The black parts are hand dyed and finished using high quality oils but I left the sides raw and they will darken and age beautifully.
The fit is quite loose for the iPhone 4 and 4S. After having made a couple of versions with a snug fit, I find that this works much better in daily use if you keep pulling out the phone all the time.
I used kangaroo leather for the card slots because it’s more lightweight and durable even if you stretch it over many years.
Click here to order this wallet or check out some of the photos below:
-
- The bottom of the wallet shows the total of 7 layers of untreated thick veg tanned leather www.highonglue.com
-
- Room for credit cards, headphone hole and veg tanned leather holding the phone
-
- Headphones in the wallet
-
- Space for 4-5 credit cards in 2 slots
-
- back view
-
- Front view
-
- The iPhone is fairly loose in the wallet. I find it more usable in day to day usage than a tighter fit because you take it out a few times a day and it’s easier if it just slides out
-
- Layers of leather
Handmade iPhone Leather Wallet: Flip Brick
I recently finished the revision 2 of my iPhone flip wallet design and this time it uses a stack of thick leather to build up the sides of the wallet, giving it rigidity and a very solid feel.
iPhone Leather Brick "Flip Wallet" inside
room for 8 or more cards
2 card slots can hold 8 cards
Leather layers: side view
The headphone slot lets you connect your headphones while the phone is still in the wallet
Leather layers: bottom view
The headphone slot
Wrapping the headphones helps to prevent them from getting tangled up in your pocket
Wrapping the headphones helps to prevent them from getting tangled up in your pocket
Hibiscus wallet with 2 tone lacing
Aside
-
- Stamping of a hibiscus on the back of the wallet
-
- Back of the wallet
-
- Front of the wallet
-
- Inside with 2 compartments
-
- Cards
After receiving the missing material and tools, I finally finished this simple wallet.
Coming up next: something bigger!
The ageing of the iPhone 4 flip wallet leather
Aside
The photo above shows the leather iPhone4 wallet I made just under 2 months ago. I’ve used it every day and exposing it to the harsh Australian sun as well as all kinds of food/drink spills and other every day problems. It has aged beautifully so far and only got a bit darker than before and slightly more red/orange.
This is the before picture:
Handmade custom iPhone flip wallet
Gallery
This gallery contains 4 photos.
My first test-design for a wallet to see how it works in everyday life and to see how it ages. 2 months of daily use made the leather significantly darker already but the seams and overall appearance is still rock-solid! … Continue reading