DIY Passport Organizer: Step-by-Step Tutorial

Here’s the tutorial for making a passport organizer. You can use your fabric scraps for this project, just like I did!

Materials/Supplies:

  • 25 pieces of 2.5″x2.5″ fabric for the outer piece
  • 1 piece of 10.25″x10.25″ fabric for the inner piece
  • 2 pieces of 8.5″x10.25″ fabric for the large pockets
  • 1 piece of 4.5″x12″ fabric for the folded card pocket
  • 1 piece of 2.5″x4″ fabric for the pen holder
  • Fabric for binding (cut 2.5″ wide)
  • Button
  • Elastic
  • Thread
  • Sewing machine

Fusible Craft Interfacing:

  • 2 pieces of 10.25″x10.25″ for the outer piece/inner piece
  • 2 pieces of 10.25″x8.5″ for the large pockets
  • 1 piece of 12″x4.25″ for the folded card pocket

Instructions:

  1. Layout the 25 pieces of 2.5″x2.5″ fabric and arrange them as desired.
  2. Sew the pieces together using a 1/4″ seam allowance.
  3. Press the back seams well to ensure there are no unpressed areas.
  4. Iron the top piece onto a fusible batting. It’s recommended to use heavy-weight fusible batting for this.
  5. Machine quilt the top piece. I used 1/4″ straight stitches for quilting, but feel free to use any stitch you like.
  6. Fold and press the two inner pocket pieces in half, then topstitch them.
  7. Iron fusible interfacing onto the two inner pocket pieces, then trim them down to size.
  8. Iron fusible interfacing onto the 10.25″x10.25″ inner piece of fabric.
  9. Fold and press the 2.5″x4″ piece of fabric for the pen holder, then sew around the edges.
  10. Attach the pen holder to the inner piece of fabric, about 2″ from the top.
  11. Fold and press the 12″x4.5″ piece of fabric for the folded card pocket, then sew along the folded edge.
  12. Draw lines on the interfaced side of the folded card pocket as indicated in the instructions, then fold and press along these lines.
  13. Trim and fold the remaining blank piece of the folded card pocket, then sew it onto one side of the large pocket piece.
  14. Sew the large pocket piece onto the inner piece, making sure to measure and mark where the passport will be stored.
  15. Layer all four pieces together and sew around the edges using a 1/8″ seam allowance.
  16. Create the binding by cutting fabric strips 2.5″ wide and stitching them onto the edges of the organizer.
  17. Attach the elastic to hold the organizer closed, then sew on a button.
  18. Your passport organizer is now complete!

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