After making the scrappy journal cover with fabrics from my Studio Mystery Box, I didn't want to put those fabrics away. So I did the logical thing... chose another project to use them on. And that happened to be an Essex Wallet, a new-to-me pattern by Svetlana Skumanicova @sotakhandmade.
I used two fabrics - a lightweight canvas print for the exterior, and a quilter's cotton print for the lining. None of the fabrics were large enough for the pockets, so I chose a solid - Free Spirit Tango - from stash.
The wallet construction was inspired. Not intuitive (for me at least), I followed the instructions closely one step at a time, and all went well.
The finished wallet measured 5.5" tall x 4" wide when closed, has way more room than I need, but I'm looking forward to putting it to good use!
