New Tissue Cover and Reasons

Well, I found out the reason I was so flat yesterday, I woke this morning with a slight head cold ... bleary eyes and sniffles.  Hope I have caught it before it gets worse!

I made a new tissue cover today, still a work in progress as I think the measurements may need to change slightly.  Not sure if it is practical, but looks OK.

I do not like having to take tissues out of their packaging to insert into this cover.  Health reasons, handling the tissues that someone is going to use!

Opens either end

Closes by pulling buttons through centre opening.

I also finished off more pink ribbon card holder key rings for the fundraising dinner. I love how these are turning out.

I still have the breast cancer drain bags, japanese knot bag and lined travel bag to complete.  It is always good to have things lined up ready to sew, right?

Happy sewing

Judy

New tissue covers

You may remember I was trying to find a pattern for the Kimono Style tissue cover that I purchased.
See here for original post. Well today, I decided to have a go at replicating it.  Not a bad effort, however a lot of work for a little tissue cover.

My version

Both versions

The obvious difference, is that I sewed the binding on by machine. (lazy?)  I think I would only make these to go with the Japanese fabric breast cancer drain bags.

While I was playing, I made more tissue covers based on the criss-cross coasters method.  I love how they turned out, and you can use up all your scraps of fabric.

Showing front and back

A couple more colour combinations.

I will definitely be making more of these - if you are interested the sizing is:

Cut 3 x   5 1/8" x 4"

Cut 2 x         4" x 4"

Follow the same instructions for the criss-cross coasters, keeping one 5 1/8" x 4" for the base.

Have fun

Judy

Looking for pattern or tutorial

I picked up this cute kimono style tissue cover at "The Handy Dog" at Gundagai and I was hoping someone could help me find the pattern or tutorial so that I can make some.

I am starting on my Breast Cancer Drain Bags for the new year, and was donated some Japanese print fabric and I thought these tissue covers would be nice to pop inside the bag.

The tissue cover has a separate piece of fabric across the back, and insert down the centre of the front. You can see this in the photo below.

The other reason I like this cover, is that it holds the top opening tissue packs, which are more readily available in the stores

If anyone can help, I would appreciate it.  I have searched on the web, but cannot find anything similar. 

Thanks

Judy