{"id":4076,"date":"2020-01-30T16:31:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T00:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=4076"},"modified":"2020-01-30T16:31:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T00:31:00","slug":"a-quick-and-easy-passport-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2020\/01\/30\/a-quick-and-easy-passport-case\/","title":{"rendered":"A quick and easy passport case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have I mentioned that I really like working with cork? In case I haven&#8217;t yet, I do! I recently saw a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xu5iG8nhbpU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube tutorial<\/a> on how to make a passport case from cork, and it occurred to me that I had some cork on hand and that my husband didn&#8217;t have a passport case. I modified the pattern design to add a little pocket that will be handy for storing a passport card, a TSA card, a room key, or a credit card. Once I had the pieces cut out, the whole thing took less than five minutes to stitch, and my husband liked it very much!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1019.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4077 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1019.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"passport case front\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1019.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1019.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1019.jpeg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1021.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4078 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1021.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"passport case pocket\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1021.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1021.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1021.jpeg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have I mentioned that I really like working with cork? In case I haven&#8217;t yet, I do! I recently saw a YouTube tutorial on how to make a passport case from cork, and it occurred to me that I had some cork on hand and that my husband didn&#8217;t have a passport case. I modified [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[325,195],"class_list":{"0":"post-4076","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"tag-cork","8":"tag-misc","9":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-13K","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5248,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2024\/01\/11\/payday-bag\/","url_meta":{"origin":4076,"position":0},"title":"Payday bag","author":"Sandy","date":"January 11, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"I've made quite a few bags from patterns at Annie Unrein's site, and this is my latest. \u00a0The strap adjusts to make the bag go from shoulder bag to cross-body bag to fanny pack -- very useful! 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A few days ago, one of our grandsons stopped by with his iPad Mini, and I was horrified to see that it was \"naked\"! What if he dropped it?\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Other stitching&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Other stitching","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/other-stitching\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Small bag with fold-over closure. Bag is dark grey cork with a black and multi-colored print as lining and accent. 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