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Fabric Lined Envelopes

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December 15, 2011 By Jackie

We recently got our gorgeous Christmas cards.  Can I just say hooray for die-cut cards?  Our photographer just started carrying them this year and I love them.  The cards are amazing, but the included envelopes were not so special.  The plain ivory envelopes left something to be desired.  I saw this idea for fabric lined envelopes from See Kate Sew a while ago.  I knew it would be the perfect way to dress up the envelopes.

Fabric Lined Envelopes

I needed to line over 25 envelopes for our Christmas cards, so I found a few ways to streamline Kate’s process.  I used two fat quarters of cotton fabric and a roll of Heat N Bond lite.  For the fabric, I used some I already had on hand.  I chose two patterns that I thought complimented the cards.  The red orange print is so happy and the black and tan plaid plays off the iron fence in the family picture.

Fabric Lined Envelopes

I used one of the extra envelopes to make a template.  I traced the opening of the template first.  Then I ripped the envelope open.

Fabric Lined Envelopes

I cut the template about 1″ larger than the tracing.  Then I cut the glued part of envelope off the template.

DIY Fabric Lined Envelopes

I ironed the Heat N Bond to the back of the fabric.  I pieced a few smaller pieces of Heat N Bond together to cover the whole fabric.  With the Heat N Bond paper backing still on the fabric, I traced the envelope template onto the paper backing.  I tried to fit as many possible.  For my 5 x 7 inch envelopes, I was able to fit about 12 inserts on a fat quarter.

DIY Fabric Lined Envelopes

I cut out all the inserts.  I peeled the paper backing off the fabric.  I inserted the fabric into the envelope lining the top up with the glue line.  Then I ironed the fabric onto the envelope.  I used my mini craft iron for this project to allow for more control.  For the part of the fabric insert that goes inside the envelope I just ironed right over the paper.

DIY Fabric Lined Envelopes

I love the fabric lining!  The fabrics I chose, although not Christmas-y, work very well to make opening our Christmas card a little more festive.  Check out what else we are stuffing in our Christmas cards this year.

DIY Fabric Lined Envelopes

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Comments

  1. Jessica says

    December 15, 2011 at 10:08 am

    Oh, they’re fabulous! I wish I’d waited to send my cards out – I totally would have done this! Thanks for sharing your method!

  2. Aimee @icouldsomakethat says

    December 16, 2011 at 1:56 pm

    Thanks for sharing this great idea – with great instructions as well. Side note: I am quite in awe of your house color scheme!
    -your newest twitter follower

  3. Katie says

    December 19, 2011 at 8:51 am

    This is gorgeous! Never thought to line my cards with fabric!

  4. [email protected]{Defrump Me} says

    December 22, 2011 at 5:44 am

    Wow! Awesome idea!!

  5. nik says

    February 3, 2012 at 11:01 am

    Thanks for the inspiration! I’d also like to use this for some unusable gift bags I want to recycle. They’re beautiful bags but have big stickers on one side or a big written message on them that makes them un-regiftable. There’s a whole other clean side though that can get cut up and used in this project.
    Cheers!

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