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Summary: Ironing the wallet once the material has been sewn will give it a much nicer look. Learn how to properly iron the material when making a wallet from a professional seamstress in this free crafts video.
Misty Swift began sewing from home for herself and friends after being distraught over a beautiful bag she purchased only to discover it was horribly made and almost immediately fell...read more
"Okay, once you've sewn around the edges, and you have your opening right here, you may have to set up this string depending on if you left that string open. Then you want to just grab a corner and flip it inside out. Be careful when you're pulling on it not to rip that opening, because it makes it more difficult to finish it if it's ripped. Once you have that, you want to have your iron heated up and ready to go. If you're real picky, you can push out the corners with an unsharpened pencil or crochet needle, or whatever you have laying around that'll work for you. And then you want to make sure you have all the sides pulled out as far as they're going to go; we're going to iron it. Again, you want to remember to use the right setting for whatever material you have. It never hurts to flip it over and make sure the other side didn't get pushed funny anywhere, and give it a good iron too. And that's that."
eHow Article: Ironing the Material of a Homemade Wallet