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Business Card Case by Terri Stegmiller
These days, just about everyone carries business
cards with them to have ready to give to friends and
business associates. Here’s a creative way to keep
them stored in your purse or your briefcase or what-
ever you may carry around with you.
Start by cutting a piece of Fast2fuse 4½” x 7”. If you
are using Timtex or Pelmet Vilene, you will need to
apply Mistyfuse or other fusible web to one side at this
time.
This project is
perfect for us-
ing up some of
your scraps. I
laid out some
scrap strips I
found
in my
scrap
pile.
Overlap
the
strips
slightly
to be sure the
edges of the
Fast2fuse are
completely cov-
ered.
Once
your
strips are po-
sitioned
how
you like, press
with your iron
to fuse them
down.
Trim
any
excess
fabrics from the
edges.
Now it’s time to add some stitching details. For my
piece, I simply zigzag stitched along the raw edges of
my strips. You could also do some free motion stitch-
ing or consider using some decorative built in stitches
if your machine has them.
Once your fabric strips are stitched you are ready for
the next step. Fuse down a lining fabric to the other
side of the Fast-2fuse. Decide which of the short ends
will be your flap end. From the opposite end (bottom),
measure up 5” and mark a line, preferably with chalk
or something that will disappear. The remaining 2”
above this line is your flap, you won’t want to go below
this line when cutting your flap into the shape you de-
sire. I’ve made my flap shape a simple curve. (See
photo at top left of next page.) You could also leave it
as is, make a pointed flap or even a wavy edge. The
choice is yours.
Busine