Festive Tissue Box Craft (And A Giveaway!)

Are you looking for a fast and frugal gift to give this  year? These are inexpensive to make and come together quickly. They make a  great gift for a hostess, teacher or someone who has everything. I also love making these and placing them around my house for some holiday cheer!

Supplies needed:

• Tissue box (the tall kind, not wide)
• Christmas Fabric of Choice, for box and a contrasting strip for ribbon
• Sewing Machine
• Scissors
• Thread
• Safety Pin

*All seam allowances are ¼” unless otherwise noted

Time to make: 1 hour or less

Difficulty: Easy

Cut a piece of fabric 17 ½ x 17 for the tissue box. Sew along the length, right sides together.

Turning the piece so the seam is along the back, sew across the bottom.

This will now look like a bag. At this point I usually double check the fit by slipping the tissue
box inside the bag. It should fit snugly but not too tight.

Now you will box stitch the bottom. Turn bottom over and pull so that you have two points on
the bottom of bag.

Using your points, measure in 2” and stitch across on both sides…

Trim off excess.

Turn top of bag down 4”. Stitch along where the fabric meets. Now measure up 2” and stitch
around twice, about 1″ apart,  making a the pocket for your ribbon.

Turn right side out. Place tissue box inside bag. The fit should be snug.
Using scissors, cut 2 small slits where you stitched for the ribbon.

Cut your ribbon 1 ¾ x atleast 32”. You can trim it back after so if its longer that is ok.
Pin the safety pin on one end, and guide the ribbon through one end of the hole around to the
other.

Make sure the fabric is even. Tie into a bow and trim the bottom edges. Leave a little room for
the tissues to come through. Pull some of the tissue up through the top. You can attach a bell if
you would like.

Trim off any loose threads and you are done!

And now for the really fun part!

I have one tissue box to giveaway to one of you!

The winner will receive the poinsettia fabric tissue box (pictured above) ready for gift giving (or to keep). To enter, leave a comment for one entry,  tweet about this giveaway for another, and share about it on  your blog for another (total of 3 entries per person). Please leave me a seperate comment if you post on Twitter or on your blog as I will count each as a separate entry.  I will be drawing a winner on Monday December 14, 2009.

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