My sewing machine has been gathering some serious dust! Just not enough time to get in there especially with an 8 month old who crawls everywhere and puts EVERYTHING and I really mean everything in his mouth at the moment. But church needed some handmade items and I took that as a great excuse to get on my machine for a few hours. I’ve shared a tissue cover post last year and you just can’t beat it for a quick and satisfying project that you can do in bulk for a market stall, fair or for presents.
This time I used this tutorial which made them a bit bigger but really worked nicely. I raided the stash and made them up before realising I needed green because not everyone loves red, white, blue and pink.
If you like to watch a video then watch this one here which is great and I shared last year when I was whipping up some of these babies for the mothers day stall.
My top tip is make up one or two and if you are happy with the size and instructions then sew the first side seams on all of the fabrics, take them to the iron and press all together then do the other ends and pop your tissue packs in. Now if you are doing a really big production line and have set yourself an ambitious target then I skipped the pressing the seams for quite a few and just did the good old finger press.
I did see mention of slitting the plastic tissue pack down the centre but I had plastic peeping out so I decide to remove the tissues. You could just put the tissue pack in unopen and leave it up to the person receiving it. Up to you.
Anyway, this was one afternoon and one night in my craft room. I had a few helpers who couldn’t get to sleep put the tissues in and I really need to get them sewing soon so they can help. I put them by the front door late last night and then as we were rushing out the door remembered I didn’t photograph them. Ducked into dining room, took a few photos, then out the door to church. Definitely give these a go as they are a great beginner project or fast project for any level of sewer. There are also loads more tutorials if you pop ’tissue cover’ into your search in pinterest or youtube.
Several weeks ago I made 50 for a trivia night our school was having. I found some Dettol Anti Bacterial Wipes in small packets like the tissues come in at the Reject Shop. They seemed to be more popular than the tissues.
I love it!!!!! I hadn’t thought of that and so good for mums!!!! You are clever
Just made 30 for my school Mother’s Day stall too
Oh my goodness these are so easy! I think even me, a non sewer could whip these up!
How cute! Nice video.
My mum has just moved into an aged care facility. I think these would make wonderful Christmas gifts for each of the female residents!
I did the same thing at the start of the year – made about 20 to give as gifts to our ladies’ Sunday School class! Yours are lovely!