Handwarmers and Business Card Holder

HANDWARMERS

hand-warmer-valentines-10

… reheatable hand-warmers to pop in their pockets on the way to school. so cozy... (continue reading for the DIY instructions)

SUPPLIES: a fat quarter (or more) of this fabric or whatever fabric you have laying around the house, fabric scissors, pinking shears (optional), sewing machine or

needle, long pins, rice, and thread.

DIRECTIONS:

1. using fabric scissors, cut the pattern from our spoon-flower fabric OR cut 2-3/4 inch squares from your choice of fabric. you’ll need two per hand warmer.

2. place two squares of fabric wrong sides together and stitch a 1/4 inch seam around the outside, leaving a 1-1/2 inch opening and backstitching in the beginning and

end. (if you don’t have pinking shears, place fabric write sided together, sew as instructed and then turn right side out.)

3. fill 3/4 of the way up with rice.

4. using a long pin, block the rice from falling out of the opening and sew closed.

5. using pinking shears, trim the edges…. it will keep them from fraying.

to use, warm up int he microwave for 20 seconds (or so), but make sure they aren’t too hot before handing over to little hands!

http://raeannkelly.com/a-little-cozy-goes-a-long-way-and-a-hand-warmer-diy/

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Fabric Business / Gift Card Holder

Today I have a tutorial for making a fabric business card holder. This is a scrap buster and can be used for giftcards too, a gift within a gift. Check it out!

Ready to make one? It's pretty easy!

Start with two pieces of fabric, 5' by 10'. I used two different fabrics for this tute but you could use the same print if you like. And a piece of interfacing of some

kind to give the holder some structure. I used a scrap piece of embroidery stabilizer because that's what I had. The stabilizer is slightly smaller than 5' x 10'. And

that was fine. The scrap wasn't quite big enough and you can see in the picture my cutting was a bit wonky - that's ok too! (I love a project where a little wonkiness

is ok.

Put the two fabric pieces right side together, and lay the interfacing on top. Stitch around the outside using a 1/2' seam, leaving about a 2' opening for turning on

the long side. You can see where I left the opening between the arrow below. It's important the opening is along the long side.

I forgot to take a picture, but clip the corners, then turn the fabric right side out.And iron flat.

Fold the fabric in half, with the fabric you want for the outside color facing out. Put a piece of tape along the folded edge.

Stitch along the side of the tape. This stitched line will help the holder fold well.

Fold the sides to the inside 2'. Iron and pin in place. When you fold this in half, along that center line, the two sides should be flush.

Stitch around the outside edge. This stitches the pockets in place AND closes the open area you left for turning.

Ta-Dah! Ready for business cards, credit cards, whatever you like!

I made this one to hold a giftcard for a coworker's birthday. To figure out where the embroidery goes, I cut a strip of paper 5'x10', folded it like the business card

holder, and used that as a template to figure out the size and placement of the embroidery.

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Business Card Holder

Monday, April 13, 2009 by Cathe Holden

A fun Business card holder tutorial by Leah Radke of Green Bee. I only recently discovered her blog and simply love it. Super fresh and creative! And

you can get a PDF version of her business card holder tutorial for download there. Check it out and be sure to shop her ETSY store!

BUSINESS CARD HOLDER

What you’ll need:

· Exterior fabric

· Interior fabric

· Flannel for the lining

· 1 sew-on snap

· Buttons, scraps of lace,

ribbon, rick-rack,

embroidery floss, etc.

1. Cut all three fabrics 4 ¾” wide x 9 ½” long. Stack in this order: flannel lining; interior fabric, right side up; and

exterior fabric, right side down.

2. Pin all three layers together. With a ¼” seam allowance, sew around all four sides, starting on a long side and

leaving a 2” opening for turning, backstitching at each end. Trim corners, turn and press.

3. Fold both short ends in toward the center, so the

pockets measure about 1 ¾” deep. Press and pin in place.

4. Top stitch along the top and bottom edges, sewing the pockets down and sewing over the hole from turning.

5. Find the center of the pocket and position the ball

portion of the snap. Sew on. Close the business card holder and press the snap into the opposite side’s fabric,

creating a little mark for the socket portion of the snap. Position and sew that one on as well.

6. Now decorate it.. sew on trims, buttons, stamp images on the fabric, do some embroidery.. whatever you’d like.

http://justsomethingimade.com/2009/04/business-card-holder-guest-blogger-post/