Passport Sleeve Making

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I recently received my first passport in the mail - for my study abroad trip in May to Germany, the Czech Republic, and Poland! I am so, so excited! One of the things I decided to make was a passport cover, just to keep it protected - and to flash some flair! That "United States of America" logo is boring!

I've made this once before, with bunnybum's tutorial. The white one with the purple flowers is for me, and violet one is for my friend, who is about to find out if she will be student teaching in Italy next year. I think one reason we are friends is that she's more than okay with my purple obsession :)

It's so simple, except I should have heeded the tutorial's advice to sew the whole thing together very close to the edge. I'm thinking - "oh, I've been so good at perfecting the 1/4th seam allowance lately, I'll just follow that over my topstitching" and the passport did not fit! Seam ripper to the rescue, and the second time was a charm.

I also had to bend my passport cover quite a bit to fit it into the covers, but it didn't do any harm. These work really well as gifts for someone going on a trip!

The white and purple flowers is one of my favorite fabrics in my stash, and I only have half a FQ left. Sadness. I'm saving it for my purple quilt - or, I could always buy more... I'll have to go searching for it on etsy again. The name or designer wasn't on the selvedge, but the violet fabric's selvedge had it: Timeless Treasures. Luckily, I still have a lot of that violet fabric.

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What have you been working on?