TC Learns to Sew 3: Come Learn New Stuff with Me
1If you’ve been on this journey with me so far, you’ve seen
TC Learns to Sew - where I figure out how to do stuff like… just wind my bobbin correctly.
Then we moved on to TC Learns to Sew 2 - Backstitch Booglaoo - where I learned how to make bags and wallets I’m actually pretty proud of.
But today, we kick off the 3rd iteration of this topic with a fantastic mistake that’s so bad the pattern designer told me she’d never seen anyone make that exact mistake before, or mess it up quite that badly before. I’m that talented.
I also haven’t had a chance to share a fail this big with you all in a while, so I’m weirdly excited to show you my fuck up.
Oh - this fabric isn’t exactly PG… I guess I should warn you about that.
This is NOT what this is supposed to look like.


I managed to sew the wrong lining piece to the exterior and didn’t notice it until I turned the thing and finished it. ![]()
I’ll post the corrected version in the first comment.
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Correct wallet:





It also has a million card slots, 2 ID pockets, 2 3 slip pockets, and a zipper pocket.
I would call myself a sewist with a lot of the Knowledge, but not in much practice. I sew a big project every couple of years or so with little ones in between.
But I have NEVER taken on something like this, so you should be proud of yourself for having the courage for taking it on. I think it still came out pretty good, (and neat!) despite the issue. I’ll have to go check out your old threads. I love seeing people learn how to sew!
Maybe it will encourage me to get back into it more. That and I just bought a serger, so I gotta use it!