Holiday Sewing 2025: #8

Today's entry has absolutely no sewing involved, but I sure did enjoy creating it!

These are the gifts I'm giving to the teens in the weekly teenage Bible class I teach and here's how I created them ...

It started with these Little Debbie Christmas tree shaped snack cakes ...

I folded a $5 bill for each into the shape of a Christmas tree ... origami style ... using the instructions in this video,  and attached one each to the back of the snack cake using painters tape.

I placed one snack cake in the center of these cute little food boxes making sure that the 'money side' was down and the snack cake side up ...

and packed individually wrapped peppermint balls around it filling the space in the box ...

I closed the lid on the box and tied a ribbon around it.  I can't wait to gift these to the teens, I wonder how long it will take them to find the money ... or will they think that I just gave them a snack cake and peppermint balls for a gift this year!!  

That's it for this entry of my holiday 2025 sewing, I hope you're enjoying my efforts.

mrs. patsi @ Grandma's Got a Sewing Machine

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Holiday Sewing 2025: #7

I finished stitching up the alphabet I've been working on for one of our grands ...

Most of the fabric used in this project came from my fabric scraps and or recycled clothing such as grandpa's shirts and or grandma's aprons.

Depending on how 'popular' the letter is meaning how often it's used in words, I made anywhere from 1 to 4 of each.

 I got the letter patterns HERE!  You have to join her email list to get the pdf, otherwise they are free.

I've also been working on stitching up 7 drawstring bags, I've completed 2 of them as of this writing.  The other 5 are near to completion as well.  I plan to finish them next week, Lord willing!

The black and white gingham fabric came from a recycled man's shirt and the one on the right was made from a thrifted vintage sheet.  As you can tell, I find fabric in many ways and places other than a fabric store.

Here's a peek at the inside of each bag ... "Hello Kitty" fabric for one and a floral pattern for the other!

That's it for this entry of my holiday 2025 sewing, I hope you're enjoying my efforts.

mrs. patsi @ Grandma's Got a Sewing Machine

My other blogs:

A Working Pantry

From This Heart of Mine

Holiday Sewing 2025: #6

 Remember this hanging towel project that my sister and I worked on together long distance via technology earlier this year?  We made a fall version, shown in the linked post, and a Christmas version, shown below.

I spent the afternoon packaging them for gift giving and I thought you might like to see how and what I did.

The first thing I did was turn the towel over with the back facing up and the front facing down.

Next, I took the bottom of the towel part and brought it up to meet the topper.

Then, I took the topper and folded it back up over the folded towel part.

I flipped the whole thing over with the towel side up.

I wanted to include something with the towel, so I chose some quality wooden spoons I purchased at a Mennonite store back during the summer.

I laid the wooded spoon in the center of the towel and wrapped the sides around it, taping them together.

I slipped the towel/spoon inside a plastic bag and tied it in the middle with a ribbon.  The bag didn't cover the entire project but left the bottom towel and spoon handle uncovered.  I think it turned out well and am well pleased with the end product.

I made a total of 4 for the purpose of having something to give when an unexpected opportunity presented itself.  In fact, on the very day that I finished these an opportunity did indeed present itself and now I have 3 left for gift giving purposes.

I hope you've enjoyed seeing how I turned a cute towel into an even cuter gift!

That's it for this post, what are you stitching up and or creating?

mrs. patsi @ Grandma's Got a Sewing Machine

My other blogs:

A Working Pantry

From This Heart of Mine