Fabric Lined Envelopes

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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