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Curvy edge passport holders

 

Floral Passport Wallet


Hello,
I'm still in the #sewmystash mission. I made a few Voyage Passport Wallets for the shops before Ramadan. They are now available in my ETSY SHOP as well as my WEBSITE. 

This time I made curvy edge wallets and love how they turned out. If you don't like making your own bias binding, you can always make the regular Voyage Wallet using cross-cut binding.


Voyage Passport Wallet


Voyage passport wallet is a slim and compact travel wallet. Even though it's small in size (4.5" x 6.5") it can hold up to 4 passports (2 passports on each sleeve) and 2 cardholders. It's just perfect for those who carry 2 passports while travelling. 

I made this floral wallet below from block print fabric because I love the print so much! I also got a small blue and white block print fabric on the interior. A bit of contrast but not too much! 




The second one is this lavender patchwork print wallet. The fabric is also from my stash and I still have quite a lot of it, I may make bigger passport wallets like Ohana or Safari or another Nuno Wallet. I have matching purple polka dots too.




The third one is this blue wallet made from Marimekko fabric. I remembered I got it at Nomura Tailor. They have small cuts of designer fabrics and I picked up quite a few. The size is a little smaller than the fat 8 fabric. I had fun mix-matching this wallet. 


Marimekko Passport Holder




All the passport wallets are available on my WEBSITE as well as my ETSY shop. If you want it in a different fabric, I'd be happy to make one for you. 


Thank you for stopping by! 

Happy Sewing

Elvira






A Short Break and Travel Wallet

Hello,

Last weekends we went to Shillong for a short break. We stayed in a new B&B resort called Windermere Resorts. Currently they only have 7 rooms available but the rooms are lovely. It has a feeling of country home. The resorts is on the hill top, surrounded by pine trees. It was nice relaxing trip for all of us!

Windermere Resorts

The boys just wanted to stay in and watching soccer match on TV. Luckily I brought a couple of wallets that needs to be handsewn. 


This purple travel wallet was for Nia. She wanted purple polka dots and chose this fabric from the photos in my Instagram page. The fabric is a lightweight Indian cotton fabric


I combined the polkadots with a matching solid purple to tone down a bit so that it won't look too busy. 


Wonder clips always be a great help when finishing the binding. 


And here is the view when it's filled up. It can hold up to 6 cards, 2-3 passports and boarding passes, pen holder, slip pockets and zipper pocket.


 All in one wallet! If you want to make the wallet, you can get the pattern HERE


As I work with different thickness of fabric, I often experimenting with the interfacing. For this purple wallet, since the fabric is thinner, I used heavy weight interfacing on both main body and added a layer of thin batting. If you're in India, you can read about interfacing in this post. I hope she will like it! 


Thank you for stopping by,

have a nice day!

~ Elvira~



More Passport Covers

Hello,

Purple Flower 

Time flies when you're having fun! That saying is quite true. This week started with meeting a new friend, who happened to travel to Guwahati. It was a fun meeting her though very briefed since she had to go back to Indonesia. 

Traveling alone needs a certain degree of organization. Everyone has their own way of keeping everything organized. Some people love to carry many things and always need to print out the e-tickets and hotel booking, etc, that they need a bigger passport wallet where they can keep everything in one place. Many people also prefered a multi compartment zippered bag. 

perfect gift for mom

I do love to carry a bigger family passport wallet whenever we travel as family. However, when I travel alone, sometimes I like to go minimalist and carry a compact passport sleeve just for my passports and a few cards like the one above. 

Slim and Compact

I can easily put this inside my sling bag and the snap button will keep it secure. 
I made another passport cover using the fabric I bought from my Japan trip this year. It's a cute Mickey Mouse print in Denim! It is the same fabric as the Snoopy Passport Cover.

Disney Passport Cover
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Mickey Mouse!

hand sewn binding

Hand sewn binding is always my prefered method and in fact my fave part of sewing wallets! When it's done and the binding turned out beautifully, it always gives me joy, a sense of victory! 

What about you? What is your traveling style? 

Thank you for stopping by. 

have a nice day!

~ Elvira ~



Passport Card Sleeve Pattern - Testers Photos Part 3



Hello,
Passport Card Sleeve Pattern

I really love how the above black and white passport cover turned out. While making the pattern, I always did a few to make sure that everything was OK before I sent the pattern to the testers. Even with all the sewing, there's always something that I missed. Hence the pattern testing stage is very important, even for a basic simple pattern.

The ladies who helped me with this pattern were simply awesome and also I want to thank Namrata of Bagstock who helped me proofreading every single draft. A big thank you once again to everyone (group hugs!!!).

Now, let's jump in to see the last part of the tester photos! Some of the testers made a couple of Passport sleeve. You can also check their photos in my Pinterest.


As usual, don't forget to click the link to see more of their works!



Jenny Gomez


Sandra - Bags by Sandra D

Ellen Berline 

Haurox - Vallyria

Jeanne - LA Baggs & Stuff

Sandra - Bags by Sandra D


Prabha - Quiltaholics

Rassika - Made by Malko


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Ulrike The Busy Sewing Room - Facebook, Instagram, Etsy

Aren't they amazing?
Also, check the tester photos PART 1 and PART 2 

The summer holiday is just around the corner, make few as a travel gift, or even sell them in your handmade market or pop up stores! It's very quick to sew. See the right panel to get your copy directly from this blog. 

Patterns also available here:
ETSY

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Have a lovely Monday!

- Elvira- 


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