I'm not going to pursue the gift card bag idea . Again, I'm really grateful for your feedback. You had lots of good ideas about how to improve them, but for the following reasons, I'm not going ahead: 1. The question of what to make the bags out of is a big one. The white felt I used didn't look that great. I think it looks better in person than in the pictures, but not different enough to go ahead. If I had some quality wool felt, that would be a major improvement. It would have a nicer texture and appearance and it also wouldn't be such a stark white. The appeal of using felt is that the edges don't need to be finished. No seam finishing, lining, etc, and it is substantial enough to support embellishment. 2. My thought was to make them and give them to the school to sell. They are not a big ticket item and I can't reasonably make piles of them, so they wouldn't really bring in that much money. Not enough to ma...
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