While fully admitting I have a thing for tiny metallic purses, I have never been much for using them. In my teens and early twenties, I employed a trifold
(this labeling convention drives me crazy, it only folds twice) wallet, which was fine and good until I flopped down on a super slide at the county fair and bruised the bejeezies out of my derrière. Post super slide, I continued to carry only that which would fit in my pockets, but after the
90s, the fit of my jeans improved, my carrying capacity was greatly reduced, and, while my phone became thin enough to carry comfortably in-pocket, my ID and money started sliding up from my back pocket when I would sit down. And, of course, I still had to resort to purse toting when having no pockets
(or not wearing boots :p).
I have an outdoor adventure coming up where I will be carting my camera, need my usual pocketfill, and will surely be up and down as if I were attending mass, so I set to work on something to securely hold ze cash.
eee ♥ buns
But this first go 'round wasn't quite doing it for me. The fabric and lining came out a little too thick, binding around corners never has been my forte, the shape itself wasn't making the tidiest fold or wrap... so I started my second pattern.
Thinner than the first, the overall finishing is much more favorable, the button was easier to work one handed than the D-rings, but the buttonhole is sloppy
(thanks to my love of giant buttons), the pattern size didn't lend enough overlapping and would limit the wearer's wrist measurement to 6" - 6.5", and along with preferring a more universally sized pattern, the interior is too narrow for a credit card/ID.
Third time's the charm...
... maybe :p I'm waiting on snaps and a snap setter before officially calling it successful, but it's a full 1.25" longer than its predecessor, which ought to allow space to set snaps for 6", 7", and 8" wrists. We will see.
