DIY (No-Sew) Passport Cover

Hey Guyyss! 

I have another travel related DIY post for you guys today :) It is an easy, No-Sew passport cover! 

Here are the supplies that you will need for this little project:

•  No-Sew Fabric Glue - I got this from Joann's or you can just get it from your local craft store
• Some Fabric. I bought just a roll of fabric instead of getting it cut, these are already cut for you it was only $1.38 at Hobby Lobby. I'm going to be honest, I don't remember how big the fabric was. BUT you don't need much fabric just enough to cover the passport as well as a bit more for some wiggle room. 
• Scissors
• A ruler 
• A Passport
• Duck tape. 

 I am using Duck Tape that has the Union Jack Design on it. You can use any of your choice. I also bought this at Joann's for about $4. You can also get these at Hobby Lobby, they have all different designs, even Disney Mickey Mouse ones. You can also buy duck tape by the sheet instead of roll. If you choose a more specific design, I would recommend buying it by the sheet so that your design looks better. I am also choosing to use Duck Tape because it is water resistant. But keep in mind it is just water resistant NOT water proof.

First thing you are going to do is take your fabric of choice and measure it to the size of the passport.. We are going to add an extra inch and a half to both sides. (If your fabric was folded up or rolled up like mine, there might be crease marks so make sure you iron out these crease marks before hand) 

Notice that my fabric is folded in half. I want the cover to be a little thicker so I am going to use two fabric of layers instead of one. This is how it should look like after you cut your fabric:

 I measured half an inch from the top and the bottom and 1 and 1/2 inches from the left and right side. I added a bit more fabric on both sides just in case of mistakes. 
Measure out where your passport would be and trace a line across the top and bottom of the passport onto the fabric. You can use fabric chalk for this, unfortunately I didn't have any and I just used a similar colored sharpie. 

You are going to do the same for the right and left side. The lines will help you know where you need to fold the top and bottom of the fabric down like this:

 You are now going to glue the top and bottom fabric down. 

Make sure you do not glue past the right and left lines that you have marked. You can use a brush if you want a more even distribution of glue. Now press the flaps down gently and evenly smoothing out any imperfections or bumps. Do this to both the bottom and top flaps. 
Let it set for awhile to ensure that the glue is try before you continue. 
Since this fabric was doubled, you might notice that the top fabric will keep flipping up like this:

If so, you can go ahead and glue that down as well:

Again, make sure you are only gluing between the left and right lines. 
After everything is dry fold in your right and left flaps:

We are now going to glue down the right and left flaps. Mine are a bit thicker than I would like so I am going to trim both sides down to about an inch. 
Remember when gluing the left and right side flaps in DO NOT fill the middle with glue, only the top and the bottom. This is the sleeves that your passport will have to fit in. Do the same to both sides until it looks like this:

Notice how I am able to open it up. ONLY glue the top and bottom. After the glue is dry, put a passport in to make sure that everything fits okay. 

This is how the passport should fit inside the flaps. 
You can leave it like this if you would like but I personally am going to add some duck tape! 
We are going to align the duck tape with the top of the passport cover starting from the inside like so:

You are going to start from the inside, flip your passport over and continue to align the passport on the outside to the other side of the passport, flip it back over and align the inside flap as well. This is how the outside will look like:

And then the inside:

 

 Continue to do this until the entire passport is lined with the duck tape (Except for the middle part) Remember it is better to overlap tapes rather than leaving spaces in between. I do recommend buying the duck tape by the page because it would look more uniform and it would be just one bit piece of pattern covering the entire thing rather than maybe looking a little jumbled. Once you've taped the passport you are DONE!

And There you have it! You're very own Easy Breezy No-Sew Passport Cover!
Hope you guys liked this DIY! Leave me a comment if you made your own or for any suggestions! Have a great day, and happy Traveling! 

Adventure is out there!
Laura