We have four children. I was either nursing a baby or pregnant for eight straight years. My diaper bag, at times, was a backpack, other times a large tote bag. At one point, my husband and I were changing the diapers of three kids. When our youngest child was finally potty-trained, my husband and I calculated we had been changing diapers for 10 years straight! I can assure you, we called our usual date-night dinner companions and went out to celebrate over that milestone!
Once the kids were in school, I swore I would NEVER carry a purse bigger than absolutely necessary. My shoulders thanked me. My back thanked me.
My purse is big enough to hold the bare essentials…and if the kids want to bring along anything in the auto, I make them carry it themselves – either in a purse or in a backpack. I am *done* being their pack-horse.
Fast forward a few years to 2007 when I made this Quilted Card Wallet for my very small purse and am still using it, to this day, seven years later. The fabric is an old line of civil war reproduction fabrics…and the plastic is from a huge fabric store in Oregon during our family’s camping adventures in the summer of 2006. I’m pretty sure I still have some of that plastic left in my stash :-).
Quilted Card Wallet
Free Pattern from BOMquilts.com
