This is a simple,
thrifty, practical and lovely gift to give and receive. A pretty little face cloth to use a long with
a bar of scented soap. Who wouldn't appreciate that?
Last year I bought a
big package of wash cloths at Walmart for a project I was working on. I still had a bunch leftover as well as some
leftover flannel fabric in my stash from making the girl's pajama bottoms last
Christmas. I cut the flannel a bit oversize
and stitched on top of the wash cloth. On
two of them I added some short bits of white ruffle I had saved.
I decided to stitch
them all together with a decorative stitch and with one set I used a
contrasting thread. I was wishing I'd
done that on all of them as I really like how it looks. Then I used my pinking shears to trim the
flannel next to the finished edge of the wash cloth. And that was it!
You could make one
and pair it with a bar of soap for a coworker or an entire stack of them for a
friend or family member. A bottle of
shower gel would also be nice with these.
I collect the smaller bottles at Bath & Body Works gel and lotion all
year round as they send me coupons to get one free pretty much every month. Last year I picked up some of the Yardley
soap bars on sale at Walgreens for 69¢ each.
They are $1 each at the dollar store, which isn't a bad price either. I think these would make wonderful baby
shower gifts too if you paired them with a bottle of baby wash and some lotion.
This was a fun and
quick project with loads of possibilities.
I spent about an hour picking out my fabrics, stitching them together
and then cleaning up my mess. Not too
bad really, considering I knocked two more gifts off my list and I used all
items I already had on hand making it a very low cost gift that will fit in any
budget.
Cute and useful!
ReplyDeleteI love this idea. I have lot of left over flannel from baby burp cloths. I like that you used pinking shears, too.
ReplyDeleteI thought the pinking shears were a good way to "finish" the edges and its cute too. :)
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