This week I was cleaning out my fabric cabinet and found several yards of interesting material. They are not necessarily Christmas prints but with a red or green bow and a little ornamentation could be very festive. I got my trusty scissors and threaded the machine with dark thread ( trying to keep the color non specific yet neutral) and cut several rectangles of different sizes from each fabric. I turned the tops of each piece twice then top stitched that edge, put 2 pieces together wrong sides out and sewed the 3 remaining raw edges together. The result is about 20 bags form some small enough to hold a pair of hoop earrings to one large enough to hold a this folded sweater. Cool beans! I am sure I will use some of them during the year for random presents ( white ribbon will work on each fabric and it will look nothing like the holidays) but when Christmas comes I will have a bunch of "green" bags to wrap and hopefully reuse for years to come. Woo hoo and yay me. I think I will have to go to the thrift store soon and see if I can find some really cheap satin or velvet old dresses to cut apart and use as yardage for more bags with some real Christmas zing.
Enough for this week but will write anything else I do ( Not really looking to post anything else this week though)
Continuing on my quest to recycle bottles and jars I can use to package some homemade gifts for next year.
Also going to try a few new recipes that might make the cut next year. Will review anything good here and will remind myself not to do anything that doesn't work.
Christmas greetings
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