Made a Card Holder for Bulky Rewards Cards!

While sorting my Mom's stuff I found the hand sewn wallets I made when I was a child. Mind you, I actually used them in school (not much to put inside anyway!). I giggled when I found it and I'm lucky I couldn't find the photo of the project because it was obviously the work of the child who was only starting to sew, hahaha (I honestly don't know why my Mom still kept it!). 

Anyway, I needed a card holder. Those rewards cards from shops accumulate and I couldn't close my wallet anymore. I had some scrap fabric from a previous project and so I decided to use it for this project. It was easy to make and I'm happy I now know how to make a holder with several compartments. Here's how I made it -

Easy peasy as long as you understand the logic for folding the fabric. If I put my mind to it I could probably make this as a Christmas gift. If you'd like to make it, you can check out the tutorial on my sewing blog.

Now I need to check what other cases I need for my stuff :)

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Quilting Warm-up with Scrap Fabric

I like to start the year by making small projects using scrap fabric from the previous year. I made a list the other day of what I "plan" to do this year. I have an immediate need for a new case for my cards. The old one I made still works, but it's bursting at the seams because of all the establishment cards I collected over the past two years. 

I looked through my scrap fabric and realized I don't really have a lot that can match each other. I had very small ones from a quilted tote bag I made for a friend. Since it's just a small case, I managed to finish it last night. There were errors and the case was still not enough to carry all my cards, so I made a new one again this afternoon. 

I skipped the batting and binding for this one. I watched a couple of videos where they skipped both, so I thought I'd make it that way. I used scrap for the whole piece. I also used Velcro instead of snap-on buttons since they don't stay closed. Velcro will prevent the cards from spilling all over my bag. 

Here's the turn out:

First attempt

Second attempt

I'll add how I made it when I finish editing the video :)

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