Description

Featuring a Built-In Wallet!

Dimensions– 9.5″ wide X 9″ tall X 3″
Two Completely Separate & Zippered Pouches– including a drop-down area with eight slots for credit/loyalty cards
Leave your Bulky Wallet at Home- and free-up space for more important stuff, like sunglasses, makeup, tissues & MUCH more!
A Secure Twist-Lock Closure- provides complete security for your valuables

And now, Color pdf Tutorials are just a click away!

Click on the links below to access a few color pdf’s
that just might be helpful during the following construction steps!

- Some Basic Tips for Bias Taping + Magnet Placement & Stitching
- Bias Taping: Here’s some tips you might enjoy! – featuring our Gemini FlightBag
- Step A1: Oversized Pattern Pieces
- Steps B1- B7: Placing Your Magnetic Snap Pieces
- Step C3: Welt Interfacing
- Steps 8-14: Placing Your Twist Lock (Part one)
- Steps 21-22: Placing Your Twist Lock (Part two)
- Steps 27-28: Finishing Your Card Caddy
- Steps 33-35: Folding & Placing Your Welts
- Steps 43-37: Placing Your Pouch Zippers
- Step 50: Inserting Your Pouch Linings
- Steps 54a-56: Finishing Bottom Zipper End
- Steps 60a-60b: Attaching Those Tabs
- Steps 61: Attaching the Free Edge of your Welts

Please note: we are no longer recommending the use of WovenFix2 interfacing!

Due to serious supply chain issues, we have switched to using Plantional Heavyweight cotton woven interfacing. You can find out more about this very effective interfacing and why we switched to using HERE, and if you’d like to try it yourself, just click HERE for more info!

: She Who Sews

: Talisman

: Feeline Good

Here’s three of the beautiful fabrics we used in the Bella BiFold samples we created during the run-up to this pattern release. Click HERE for more info about these & all of the other beautiful fabrics we carry!

See how the Bella BiFold pattern
was conceived & developed!

Including insider info about the fabrics we used for each sample!
Come along on the creative journey with us by clicking each link individually.

1/11/22 – The Inspiration & 1st Try
1/25/22- The Gorilla in the Room
2/4/22- The Gorilla in the Wings
2/10/22- Steampunk Fish
2/18/22- A Mandala Effect
2/22/22- Alexandria Revisited
3/9/22- Feeline Good
3/17/22- She Who Sews
3/19/22- Serious Whimsey
3/22/22- Help Us Choose the Cover Bag
3/26/22- the Bella BiFold Pattern Cover Reveal
3/31/22- The Bella BiFold Pattern Release
4/4/22- Introducing: the Bella BiFold
4/11/22- Testing Times Seven

Additional information

products

Fabric Needs

(Additional yardage may be required for directional prints or if you'll be making your own bias tape)
Exterior - 1/2 yard
Lining - 3/4 yard
Contrast - 1/3 yard (cut with a 40-44" width, for strap, welts & front/back bands)
Fusible Interfacing - (please choose a fusible cotton woven interfacing often available in varying widths. Below are two examples both of which are available on our website.
- 1.5 yard Plantional Heavyweight (16" wide), OR 1 yard Fashion Fuse by Bosal (20" wide)
Foam Stabilizer- one 19" X 21" piece (we recommend Soft & Stable By Annie)
Fusible Fleece- two 4" X 7" pieces

Notions & other Supplies Needed

3 each - 10" (or longer) closed bottom zipper (use #5 nylon zippers, 1 1/4" wide w/non-locking pulls)
2 each - 3/4" wide sew-in invisible magnetic snap
2 each - 5/8" wide D-rings
1 each - 1" wide slide buckle
2 each - 1" wide swivel snap hooks
1 each - twist-lock closure (ours was 1 1/8" wide by 1 1/16" tall, but other sizes could work also)
51 inches - 1" wide lightweight nylon webbing
16 inches- 1 3/8" wide bias tape (we recommend making your own)