Dishing Up Christmas

 

Bowl Cozies

This year I dusted off sewing skills that had been dormant for decades by taking a couple sewing classes. One of the classes featured bowl cozies, which I've found so useful that I thought these would make great Christmas gifts.

‘Sew’, after a trip to a nearby fabric store for supplies, I set up the sewing machine and got to work. Selecting fabrics that reflected interests of the recipients (family members) allowed me to make the bowl cozies personalized.

After sewing was finished, I turned my projects into gift bags with the addition of a bowl, instant oatmeal, hot soups, and crackers. With some raffia to fill in spaces and some Christmas-themed gift bags, these made nice little gifts that were made with love and didn’t cost a fortune (except for mailing, sigh).
 

 

Following several YouTube videos, I discovered another super easy and cute pattern for pocket tissue holders. Using leftover fabric, I made a tissue packet holder to match each bowl cozy. After all, this is cold and flu season, so I added some vitamin C drink packets, tea, and cocoa mix.

 

Once Santa’s helpers at USPS had whisked away these gifts, I hunted around for more Christmas sewing projects and found these cute little mouse ornaments on Etsy from PinCutSewStudio. The ears looked daunting but the hardest part ended up being sewing around the curves. The pleated ears were a cinch.

I’m following a couple sewing crafters on YouTube for easy project ideas not only for Christmas but birthday gifts also. Browsing beautiful fabrics for projects is almost as much fun as finding stunning papers for card making.