Postcard Wallet
Postcard Wallet
8 ½ x 11 for wallet size OR 14 ½ x 18 for postcard size
A wonderful way to collect postcards or business cards from your favorite places.
Practice on inexpensive printer paper and then graduate to decorative papers or 2-sided papers.
If your paper has a color or pattern, or you have stamped on it, begin with that side facing up.
Bring the short top edge down to meet the bottom edge, and crease at the center fold. (In other words, fold in half, horizontally.)
Bring the bottom raw edge (top front layer only) up to the top folded edge. Crease and unfold.
Turn over and repeat on other side. Unfold.
On the front layer, fold the bottom raw edge up. About 1/2“ to create a small hem.
Turn over and fold a matching hem on the back layer.
On top layer, fold the bottom corners up to (but not over) the horizontal crease. Turn over and repeat.
On the front layer, refold on the existing horizontal crease. Repeat on other side.
Unfold the crease in the middle.
With folded corner pieces to the back, rotate your paper so that you see one horizontal fold across the center of the paper.
Bend the short sides (right and left) toward the center to each other.
Slip the corners of one end into the pockets of the other end. Slide the two ends together until you reach the desired size. Press down firmly on the folded sides.
Hints: You can fold this from a larger piece of paper to form a portfolio. Try different types of paper such as maps, posters, a magazine page, wrapping paper. To make a portfolio to hold letter sized paper, use a sheet 28 x 40”.