One Crafty Pup

And Ta-da, my fresh and new fabric passport cover.

Take a peek on the inside. Blue flower pattern as the lining.

Fit nicely for my passport size. The finish size:

When unfolded: 20cm x 14cm

When folded: 10cm x 14cm

First, you will need to measure your passport without any cover and unfolded. Mine is: 18cm x 12.5cm. The pattern is fit to slide in standard size of passport book. It measure: 15cm x 32cm plus 1cm each for the seams allowances on 4 sides.

Cut 1 outer fabric + fusible interfacing following the pattern and 1 lining fabric + fusible interfacing same sizes as the pattern. I already interfaced both of my fabrics. 

Note: you may skip interface the lining, but i always interface the lining to add strength. If you decided to interface your lining, you can consider thinner interfacing than you use for the outer fabric, otherwise it would be too stiff. And you can also add padding in between them.

Place outer and lining fabrics right sides together and pin them, so the fabrics won't move when you sew and leave an 10cm opening. I leave the opening on the right side.

Bring to your sewing machine and starting to stitch 1cm seam allowance from the 1 point of the opening and ending at the other point. After that trim those 4 corners to reduce bulks or any excess fabrics. Careful do not cut the seams.

Pull all the fabrics inside out from the 10cm opening. Using blunt object like chopstick to push the 4 corners. Carefully not to push to hard. Then press it on warm iron, not to hot though or you may burn the fabrics (i did that sometime @_@).

Remember the 10cm opening that we leave? Now you just need to close it up. You can sew by hand or machine stitch. I like to use machine. Do the same on the other side.

Nicely flat and both side also nicely sewn.

Turn the fabric and fold the sides 6cm. You may fold the sides more than 6cm if you prefer more depth. The choice is yours ^_^

Do the same on the other side.

You can always try to insert your passport book first to check the measurement. It looks okay for my taste ^_^

Now, all you need to do is top stitching. Or you can use any decorative stitching available on your sewing machine. I keep mine as simple straight stitch.

Inside look.

Hehe, i use my expired passport as sample ^_^

You can even put 2 passports and maybe sewed velcro tape on the 2 sides for closure.

It measures: 15cm x 10cm.

Hi, my lovely readers, today i want to share a tutorial for making mini clutch. It's easy, simple and a quick project. You can finish this project i think in 2 hours max. A good project for weekend.

At first i was not planning on making this mini clutch, but since i failed on making other projects and have some leftovers fabrics, so here she is ^_^

I am adding Batik flower brooch for embellishment.

My finish clutch measures: Approximately 22cm in width & 14cm in height.

Peek through the lining: super bright flower pattern.

When not folded, it measures: Approximately 22cm in width & 25cm in height.

What you will need:

Cut 2 pcs outer & lining fabrics  and 2 pcs interfacing each 27cm X 24cm.

2 pcs outer & lining fabrics plus 2 pcs interfacing each 15cm X 24cm.

1 pc lining fabric 10cm X 34cm for inner pocket.

Let's make the front body of the clutch: Take the 2 pcs outer & lining of the 15cm X 24cm wrong side together then sew using 1cm seam allowance.

Press to open the seams.

Then top stitch.

On the lining: Mark the fabric where you want to place the magnetic clasp. I usually find the center of the clutch then 4cm from the top. Mark and use pointy scissor to cut through the fabric. Turn around, place a scrap fleece/felt then put the washer. Lastly bend the 2 prongs into the middle. 

You will do same for the front body of the clutch.

Let's make the inner pocket: Take the 10cm X 34cm pc. Folded into 2. Stitch the left side, top and right side. Leaving about 5-8cm unstitch for turning.

Turn it slowly then pressed. After that top stitch to close the opening.

Place and sew the inner pocket to lining. 

Now, almost done. Sandwich together: Outer fabric right side (the teal colour), the front body with outer fabric below, then the lining right side face down. Sew all the way, but don't forget to leave 10cm an opening on top for turning. You may want to sew them slowly, since it contains many layers.

Before turn, better snip off all 4 corners to reduce the bulks. Then slowly turn all the layers through the 10cm opening. Pressed with iron.