Monstrously Cute

For when you've got a "monstrous" cold, monstrously cute tissue holders.

Idea shamelessly borrowed from Cherry at Blue Cherry Faerie. It was just too cute not to copy. Plus I had some of that terrible furry fleece sitting in the stash waiting to be something simple. Anyone who's sewn with that fabric knows what I'm talking about. It's furry, it sheds like a German Shepard in May, it' stretches and curls and in general is no fun to sew with.

I used the ever present red double fold bias tape for the opening and lined the inside with plain red quilters cotton. Both were really helpful and made dealing with the fur that much easier. The biggest trick was sewing the buttons on. The fur kept pulling through the button holes. Not difficult to deal with, but annoying as all get out.

These are so simple to construct otherwise. I made them just like standard tissue holders: 1 6"x7" square of outer material, 1 square the same size of inner material. Lay the layers together right sides out. Sew bias tape on the 6" sides to hold it all together. Fold the taped edges to the middle, wrong side out. Serge the 2 open ends, flip, add buttons and fill with Kleenex.

Of course you'll notice that they aren't stuffed. Being the tree huggers that I am, we don't actually have disposable Kleenex in the house. I'm going to pick up some before popping one of these in L's stocking. Or maybe I'll just serge up a few flannel nose cloths for her instead.