Cheers!

  Our congregation has something they occasionally do to encourage members who might be going through a trying time. They call them cheer baskets -- "because everyone needs a little cheer" from time to time.

I usually intend to bake something for them but almost never manage to. Items are collected for a few weeks and added to the baskets.  So, I didn't want to bake something and let it sit there and mold. 

Which invariably means I'm waiting until the last minute and then, well, life along with forgetfulness, and the next thing I know, the deadline has passed.

But, I just finished making samples for my visitor bag idea. And our next meeting for our sewing group was still over a month away. So I decided that instead of baking something, I would sew something.

We have a large congregation and many of the baskets were for people I didn't know well so I wasn't sure what to make for them. The journal covers I had tried earlier seemed to fit the bill. 

One of them was for someone I did know well enough. And as it happened, I had a piece of fabric I had accidentally cut too small to use on the journal. But with a little trimming, I was able to make it into yet another pocket tissue holder.

I'm actually beginning to wonder if I should get a piece of plastic cut to the pattern size for these things.  I seem to be making them by the truckload.

Our congregation has a school in the building as well as a Mother's Day Out program. One of the cheer baskets was for a young lady who was ill from that arena. 

So she needed something a little more child friendly. I came across this Hello Kitty fat quarter that worked nicely for another art pouch.

I thought it turned out quite nicely,  particularly after it was filled with colored pencils.

Not too shabby for a couple of days work.