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Happy Crafty New Year! Credit Card Pouch
By Susan | January 1, 2009
First and foremost, happy new year everyone! I hope you had a wonderful, safe celebration.
I spent New Year’s Eve at home, which was fine with me. In fact, I found a little time to do a sewing project on the new sewing machine. Specifically, a credit card pouch.
My wallet is becoming overwhelmed with extra items that I need to carry with me, but don’t use all of the time. Rewards cards, health insurance cards, frequent shopper punchcards, etc. It was making it difficult to stay organized, so this was something I could make that would be pretty and functional – perfect!
Here’s the finished product:
Above, Empty. Below, Full!
Project: Easy Credit Card Wallet, tutorial at Splityarn
Fabric: I believe it’s Joel Dewberry, from a stack of random fat quarters I puchased from etsy
Modifications: Added a layer of flannel (a la Bend the Rules Sewing) to make it more substantial. Also, I made the pouch a little wider than the tutorial stated, because I knew I had a big stack of cards (over an inch tall) that would need to fit in there, so it needed to have a little extra room.
Doesn’t that second modification make me sound so smart? Like I could tell that the recommended dimensions would work for a few cards, but not a whole handful? That’s because the photos above are of the 2nd pouch I made. Here’s the first:
I’m ashamed to say I couldn’t fold a piece of fabric and sew it up both sides and have it come out even. With pins, it still got all messed up. This first attempt has a twist to it that would just drive me crazy. However, it did allow me the opportunity to see that it would need to be larger in order to hold more cards.
See what I did there? Crafty fails = opportunities to learn! I need to keep that in mind in all aspects of life. A new year’s resolution in the making, perhaps?
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