My holiday crafting felt particularly harried this year. I was out of town December 8-12, frantically threw together a Hannukah party for the 15th, and my kids’ last day of school was the 18th. Plus, I didn’t travel to Chicago for the first time, which meant I had to mail all of the gifts ahead of time – no frantic Christmas Eve binding!
(Let’s just ignore the fact that I should have started making stuff way ahead of time, shall we?)
Anyways, a couple of ideas got scrapped (no matching jammies for my kids and their cousins), but here’s what I did make:
Lined drawstring bags for EIGHT teachers and administrators at my kids’ school (filled with cookies and salty caramel sauce, YUM).
Infinity scarves for family and friends, made out of deliciously light and soft Anna Maria Horner voile (which was on sale at Hawthorne Threads, yay!).
A giant (24×100″) voile scarf/wrap for my sister-in-law. She is traveling to India next month and mentioned wanting a big scarf that she could use to cover her head when necessary, and I thought voile would be perfect. I made it a single layer because I wanted it to stay really lightweight, but that meant a whole lot of hemming – not typically my strong suit. But with tons of ironing, I accomplished my first mitered hem corners. I also did my first French seam, since the single-layer meant the seam would stay exposed.
And now, back to my ever-expanding to-do list. So many projects, so little time!
I am seriously impressed with your present making. As an ex teacher I would have been so happy with the gorgeous bag and treats. I always seemed to get tons of chocolates, so something handmade and different is wonderful. Also, infinity scarves are my new favourite thing. Some of your family and friends were very lucky this year!
Great looking bags and sounds like delicious content too.