Wallet or Passport Cover Workshop 06/29/25, 11 am - 4:30 pm, Washington, DC

from $150.00

Make your own leather wallet, we supply the know-how, tools, and thread, you supply the leather. During the workshop you will select between a card slide, a folded wallet or a passport cover, make edits and adjustments to the pattern to make it your own, and construct a leather wallet.

Workshop details:

Address: Amend + Adapt Studios
716 Monroe St NE, Studio #10
Washington DC 20017

Span of workshop:11 am to 4:30 pm (many students will finish before the end of the workshop)


Skills learned in this workshop:

  • laying out a pattern and making pattern edits

  • cutting leather

  • edge finishing (bevel, sand, burnish to a high shine)

  • hand stitching without a stitching pony

Leather needs for this workshop vary depending on the project you are making. All projects should be made with 3oz to 4oz vegetable tanned leather. If you have questions about buying leather, please reach out to Katie asap.

  • Card Slide: one project panel at least 4” x 11”

  • Folded Wallet: two project panels at least 4” x 11”, or one panel at least 13” × 11” or 8” x 18”

  • Passport Cover: one project panel at least 13” x 11” or 8” x 18”


Suggested leather suppliers:

Tools and supplies provided by S&R for use during the workshop:

  • cutting mats

  • mallets and pounding boards

  • metal edge rulers for cutting

  • hand stitching needles

  • pricking irons in 5mm (for making hand-stitching holes)

  • waterbased adhesive

  • Tokonole edge fluid

  • edge beveling tools and burnishing materials

  • card stock for making your pattern

  • thread in a variety of colors

Disclaimers and information:This workshop includes hammering with mallets and may not be appropriate for people with sensitivities to noise. Workshop tickets are non-refundable, however they are transferrable and you can gift or sell your ticket to someone else if you cannot make it to the class. Students who appear intoxicated will not be allowed to participate in classes and will not be given a refund. Light snacks and water/sodas will be provided and there are a number of nearby restaurants for a lunch break if desired.

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Make your own leather wallet, we supply the know-how, tools, and thread, you supply the leather. During the workshop you will select between a card slide, a folded wallet or a passport cover, make edits and adjustments to the pattern to make it your own, and construct a leather wallet.

Workshop details:

Address: Amend + Adapt Studios
716 Monroe St NE, Studio #10
Washington DC 20017

Span of workshop:11 am to 4:30 pm (many students will finish before the end of the workshop)


Skills learned in this workshop:

  • laying out a pattern and making pattern edits

  • cutting leather

  • edge finishing (bevel, sand, burnish to a high shine)

  • hand stitching without a stitching pony

Leather needs for this workshop vary depending on the project you are making. All projects should be made with 3oz to 4oz vegetable tanned leather. If you have questions about buying leather, please reach out to Katie asap.

  • Card Slide: one project panel at least 4” x 11”

  • Folded Wallet: two project panels at least 4” x 11”, or one panel at least 13” × 11” or 8” x 18”

  • Passport Cover: one project panel at least 13” x 11” or 8” x 18”


Suggested leather suppliers:

Tools and supplies provided by S&R for use during the workshop:

  • cutting mats

  • mallets and pounding boards

  • metal edge rulers for cutting

  • hand stitching needles

  • pricking irons in 5mm (for making hand-stitching holes)

  • waterbased adhesive

  • Tokonole edge fluid

  • edge beveling tools and burnishing materials

  • card stock for making your pattern

  • thread in a variety of colors

Disclaimers and information:This workshop includes hammering with mallets and may not be appropriate for people with sensitivities to noise. Workshop tickets are non-refundable, however they are transferrable and you can gift or sell your ticket to someone else if you cannot make it to the class. Students who appear intoxicated will not be allowed to participate in classes and will not be given a refund. Light snacks and water/sodas will be provided and there are a number of nearby restaurants for a lunch break if desired.

Make your own leather wallet, we supply the know-how, tools, and thread, you supply the leather. During the workshop you will select between a card slide, a folded wallet or a passport cover, make edits and adjustments to the pattern to make it your own, and construct a leather wallet.

Workshop details:

Address: Amend + Adapt Studios
716 Monroe St NE, Studio #10
Washington DC 20017

Span of workshop:11 am to 4:30 pm (many students will finish before the end of the workshop)


Skills learned in this workshop:

  • laying out a pattern and making pattern edits

  • cutting leather

  • edge finishing (bevel, sand, burnish to a high shine)

  • hand stitching without a stitching pony

Leather needs for this workshop vary depending on the project you are making. All projects should be made with 3oz to 4oz vegetable tanned leather. If you have questions about buying leather, please reach out to Katie asap.

  • Card Slide: one project panel at least 4” x 11”

  • Folded Wallet: two project panels at least 4” x 11”, or one panel at least 13” × 11” or 8” x 18”

  • Passport Cover: one project panel at least 13” x 11” or 8” x 18”


Suggested leather suppliers:

Tools and supplies provided by S&R for use during the workshop:

  • cutting mats

  • mallets and pounding boards

  • metal edge rulers for cutting

  • hand stitching needles

  • pricking irons in 5mm (for making hand-stitching holes)

  • waterbased adhesive

  • Tokonole edge fluid

  • edge beveling tools and burnishing materials

  • card stock for making your pattern

  • thread in a variety of colors

Disclaimers and information:This workshop includes hammering with mallets and may not be appropriate for people with sensitivities to noise. Workshop tickets are non-refundable, however they are transferrable and you can gift or sell your ticket to someone else if you cannot make it to the class. Students who appear intoxicated will not be allowed to participate in classes and will not be given a refund. Light snacks and water/sodas will be provided and there are a number of nearby restaurants for a lunch break if desired.

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