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Friday, March 26, 2010

Business Card Holder


To celebrate Prudent Baby's new business cards, I made myself a little card holder using some Anna Maria Horner Oilcloth in Little Folks - Forrest Hills Berry (from City Craft, of course.)

Get the Business Card Holder DIY after the jump.
1. Cut 2 pieces of fabric 4 1/2" x 7". I used oilcloth for one and cotton for the other but you can use all cotton.

2. Cut one piece of light interfacing 4" x 6 1/2". I used one that is only adhesive on 1-side but you can use the 2-sided as well.

(ouch that's some bad lighting)

3. Center your interfacing on the back of the "inside" fabric and iron in place. You can use parchment paper to protect your ironing board if you are using 2-sided interface. Iron the fabric side, not the parchment paper : )


4. Alight the two pieces of fabric right-side facing and (if you like) pin along the very edge.

5. Sew just outside the interfacing on 3 sides leaving one short side open.


6. Trim the two sewn corners.


7. Turn inside-out.

8. Tuck in your open side and iron entire piece to crease the open end and to smooth the rest. If you are using oilcloth be sure to iron on the cotton side and on a low setting.

9. Zig-zag stitch the opening side closed with the needle hitting over the edge of the fabric on one side, like an overlock stitch. A few backstitches at the beginning and end will secure your stitches.


10. Fold over your card pocket 1 3/4" and zig-zag stitch one side closed with the needle hitting over the edge of the fabric on one side, like an overlock stitch. A few backstitches at the beginning and end will secure your stitches. I stopped about an 1/4" from the bottom to keep it looking a little neater. Repeat on other side.


11. Fold top over to meet bottom crease. Because the oilcloth and interfacing are a bit fold-resistant, I added a few forward and back zig-zag stitches at the edges of the top fold. If you are using cotton, you can likely just iron your fold flat.



12. I decided to add a snap to keep my card holder secure and flat. You can follow the instructions on the snap packaging to do so. It would have also been cute to sew a loop of pretty elastic into the seam of the front flap in step 5 and wrap it around the case to hold it closed.

And that's it!

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9 Comments:

Blogger Julie said...

Very cute! I need one of these for sure. What I love most is that this is something I can make with stuff I already have on hand. :)

March 26, 2010 at 7:47 AM  
Blogger RachelDenbow said...

love it! I need to get some of that oil cloth. They are GREAT for diaper changing pads!

March 26, 2010 at 9:20 AM  
Blogger Rachel@oneprettything.com said...

That is way cute! I love little ways to incorporate fabric I love into everyday life. Thanks so much for this, I'll be linking.

March 26, 2010 at 3:08 PM  
Blogger Jaime said...

i love it!! did you make me one too???

March 26, 2010 at 3:19 PM  
Blogger lonemor said...

what type of needle did you use on your sewing machine when using oil cloth?

April 4, 2010 at 8:53 PM  
Blogger Jacinda said...

lonehanssen-I just used my regular needle. It worked fine. Oilcloth is really quite thin, not like vinyl at all. I didn't do any research on what I should have used tho. If anyone has any info, please share.

April 4, 2010 at 8:58 PM  
Blogger Susan said...

Just made one using cotton on both sides. It's adorable and a great project for those leftover scraps!

May 22, 2010 at 11:00 AM  
Blogger Karin said...

I love this project. The directions were super easy to follow! I made a bunch of these as gift card/little wallets for christmas gifts. Thanks for posting this I appreciate it.

December 19, 2010 at 2:17 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great tutorial! I just made one with all cotton and buckram instead of interfacing. It's nice and stiff. Will be perfect for my new cards! Thanks! Check it out here: http://mydailygiggle.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/day-26-ill-just-leave-my-card/

February 2, 2011 at 12:43 PM  

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