Fabric Tissue Covers

If you want a quick and thrifty gift idea this is a good one!  Super quick and super easy.  I swear it takes me longer to pick out my fabrics then to make them.

I dug through my bag of fabric scraps leftover from previous projects and had plenty to chose from.  You could also use a fat quarter or repurpose an old blouse or something if you don't have any fabric scraps.

You will need two pieces cut at 4" X 4" and three pieces cut at 4" X 6".

Press all of your pieces flat.  Then fold two of the 4" X 6" pieces in half lengthwise and press.  Do the same with the two 4" X 4" pieces.

With the remaining sitting face up layer the folded pieces alternating each one, kind of like a lattice pie crust.  Make sure the fold face the center with the raw edges out.

Pin at each corner.

Stitch a quarter inch all the way around.

Clip the corners, turn right side out and press.

Stuff with a tissue pack.  I get mine at the dollar store.  If you get the ones that open on the ends just use a pair of scissors to slice up the middle.

I found a similar way of doing these on a fellow bloggers site, Threading My Way, but I always seem to have to tweak things and make it my own.  As if it wasn't simple enough I found a way to make it even simpler.

Give one of these a try, even if the gift is only for yourself!