Christmas projects

In an effort to stay within a budget, and also because I really love giving home-made gifts, I made the majority of the gifts we gave this year.  Of course, it all took way longer than it I thought it was going to, even  though most were pretty simple.  Overall though, it was fun spending time working on things for other people.

We kept presents for Abby simple - a few artsy things (finger paint, playdough, chalk), and then for her main present we picked up some Lego Duplos at a baby resale store.  So I decided to sew her a cute bag to store them in.  I used this tutorial.

For Eric, I made this bag for his organ shoes. (have I mentioned that Eric plays the organ at church and absolutely loves it).

Then this adult bib for Neil, Eric's brother.  (love this monkey fabric!)

 

An apron for Eric's mom.  I also made a different, half apron for my little sister Lilly (no picture).  Used this and this tutorial.

Then for everyone in my family, I sewed a bunch of these reusable snack bags. This is a project I've been wanting to do for myself for a while now to help decrease the number of plastic bags we use, and doing it as gifts gave me the push to actually do it. :)