Business Card Holder Tutorial

Here it is - a real simple way to carry around your business cards without having them mashed to bits with ragged edges in the bottom of your bag:

Cut out 2 pieces of fabric using the above pattern - one will be the lining:

Next, cut out two business card-sized pieces of buckram or stiff interfacing. Center them on either side of the fold line (you may want to trim about 1/8" off of the edge with the tab).

Fuse or baste the pieces in place:

With right sides together, and a very small 1/8" seam, sew around all edges leaving an opening (about 1.5") along the side:

Close-up of opening:

Trim corners and snip into edges of the curve:

Turn right-side-out and iron flat. Tuck in the edges of the opening and iron them to the inside. You can use the rounded end of a paintbrush to carefully poke out your corners:

You can add stitching now, whether it's to hold down the interfacing or for personalizing:


Fold business card holder in half and sew very close to the edge of both sides (you will close the opening this way, too):

Ta da!

Fill with business cards:

And take it to go!

I made another one with some ribbon trim - you can see it at my flickr site.

Tamdoll's Business Card Holder by SILVER Mountain Originals is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.