Slim Leather Card Wallet – Free PDF Pattern

This slim leather card wallet pattern is a minimalist design created for front-pocket carry with a compact, low-profile build. The free PDF template is sized for standard cards and includes a full build-along video showing the complete construction process from start to finish.

Finished Slim Card Holder Examples

Template Options

Acrylic Template

• Slim Card Holder Acrylic Template

Laser Ready / Source Files

• Slim Card Holder Laser / Source files

Video Instructions

Need help with hand-stitching? Check out our saddle stitch tutorial.

Inventory of Tools

• • North America/Canada – Standard Letter Size (8.5″ x 11″) Template
  • 110-Lb Card Stock Paper
  • No.2 X-ACTO Knife
  • Wing Divider
  • C.S. Osborne Scratch Awl
  • Tandy Pro-Line Diamond Stitching Chisels – 2mm / 4 Prong
  • Tandy Pro-Line Diamond Stitching Chisels – 2mm / 2 Prong
  • Tandy Stitching Needles

• Wood Slicker
• Craft Sha Edge Beveler #1
• 15″ Cork Back Metal Ruler
• Royalwood Waxed Irish Linen Thread – 7-ply / White
• Elmers Pro-Bond Glue
• Various Grit Sandpaper (120 grit and 240 grit)
• Binder clips
• Rubber Mallet
• Block of Leathercraft Wax
• Piece of canvas cloth
• Cup of water

Leather Selection Suggestions

In this video we used 3-4oz. Hermann Oak natural vegetable tanned tooling leather sourced from Goliger Leather. If you are just looking to purchase a small amount of something similar for this project I suggest this product from Springfield Leather. It is the exact same weight as the leather in the video. If you are outside of the USA I’m not as privy on suppliers. However you could try one of these Madison Shoulders – 1.2mm/1.4mm from A & A Crack & Sons. They have an awesome selection of leathers available to ship worldwide.

For this slim card wallet I would suggest using leather in the 2/3oz or 3/4oz range only. The type of card wallet is often keep in ones pocket and if it’s too thick it can be uncomfortable.

If you are not using a vegetable tanned leather to create this slim card wallet your edge finishing guidelines will probably be different. Chrome-tanned leathers and extremely soft leathers like sheepskin are difficult and sometimes impossible to burnish by hand. If you would like to follow this tutorial to spec, we would suggest acquiring a burnish-able vegetable tanned leather.

Guidelines of Template Usage

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