Thursday, April 7, 2011

mini burlap moo holder

match stick holder turned moo holder
I've used moo cards for the last 2 1/2 years and probably gone through a couple hundred of them, but I've never had a permanent place to carry them when I travel. At home and at shows they're displayed in the little vintage match stick holder above. Not so practical for my purse. My wallet has done the job, but not well. Since I was looking for another super quick project to fuel me, I decided to make a moo card holder this morning. Seemed simple enough... and would have been if I had used anything but burlap. My love for it hasn't lessened over time, and it seemed like a fitting outer fabric. But I can't recommend making a teeny tiny card holder out of loose weaved burlap if you are faint-hearted.
moo holder
I lined it with some perfectly faded striped material from Liane. It's much thinner than ticking and made a great interior. I bought it with a great collection of vintage fabric scraps from Enhabiten about a week ago and have already begun to play with another piece. Ahhh PLAY! I'm such a strong advocate for play-based learning among children... but also quite convinced that play is essential for grown-ups. Now, I better go snip that itty bitty thread under the top snap... it's distracting me way too much.

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10 comments:

  1. Too sweet! Lovely work. Burlap is such a beautiful texture.

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  2. Thanks Erin! The texture is what will help me find it at the bottom of my purse!

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  3. Lovely work. My kids always want my mom to sew clothes for their teeny tiny toy animals--she can't seem to convince them that it is actually a lot harder to sew something very small than to sew a larger project.

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  4. Where there's a will... there's a way! Cute and functional, nice job!

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  5. super cute. I made one out of some scrap fabric I had.

    -The Monster

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  6. That's so cute! I confess I have never heard of a moo card (I am always learning new things over here!) but I'll follow your link and find out what's what. x

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  7. Adorable! I also got some of the enhabiten fabric ... I think mine will become pillow cases for the couch, but I have to get my taxes done before I dive in :)

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  8. Very nice! I've seen some of these cards out and about, but didn't know where they came from. Thanks so much for the link - now I think I need some Moo cards for myself!

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