proto 1 II

proto 2

Carrying on from my first prototype, I wanted to redesign the card holder. After looking closer at my current wallet, I noticed that instead of full length pockets, it used a small length of material as a divider in one large pocket. To copy this, I drew out a set of divider which I hemmed the top of and left the bottom unhemmed as it won’t be seen. From there I overlapped and stitched them together. From doing this I learned another tidbit of information about desserto knit - that it is much easier to sew in one direction than the other, due to the directionality of the stretch in the material. I tested sewing this created pocket directly onto a backing piece of desserto stiff in three different methods, sewing with and against the folds, as well as incorporating it into the inseam. I found that sewing in the direction of the folds (RHS of image) produced a far nicer result than sewing in the opposite direction of the folds. An inseam also worked well, however did make the wallet more chunky than desired. However, this prototype ended up being far larger than the previous ones, so I need to keep the seam allowances in mind in future prototypes in order to allow them to line up.

So What? • Discovered more about directionality of the materials • Created a decent pocket section What Now? • Refine this idea into a smaller shell • Think about manufacture regarding material directionality