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Quick Gifts

By: Kris Driessen

Countdown to Christmas!  Do you have time to make a quick, personalized gift?  Sure you do!  Think pillows, pillow shams, quillows, quilted bags (totes or handbags), pot holders, scented coasters, ornaments, stockings, casserole covers, book covers, tea cozies, card holders, rice bags - the sky is the limit.  

Here are links to easy projects:

• Rice bags to soothe those aches and pains

• Rice bag poems, too.

• Acorn Pincushion

• Yarn snowmen

• Gift Tags

• Twelve days of Christmas - free patterns

• Gift Coaster Project

• Quillow directions and poem

• Fabric Origami

• Tea Cozy

• Free Table topper pattern like the one at right

• Christmas Cookies

• Quick n Easy Wallet

Dress up a sweatshirt with these very easy appliqué patterns or choose something from a coloring book. Chenille by the Inch makes a great embellishment, comes in lots of colors and is very easy to use.  Here is a great site of coloring book pages. 

• dove of peace

• easy tree

• eight pointed star

• five pointed star

• gingerbread man

• heart

• holly berries

• rocking horse

• small star

• stocking

• teddy bear

Any more suggestions?  Please send me the URL and I will add it to this page!