The false bottom can be made from the sturdy plastic mats from dollar tree and/or the plastic table mats from dollar tree as well. Cut them to size and cover with fabric. I have also used the cardboard boxes from the post office (free) and cut to size and cover with fabric.
I’m interested in the Drawstring Ditty Bag and the Convertible Backpack Totebag and the Drawstring Backpack. Thank you for researching all these patterns ❤
Hi! I enjoyed your ideas! The last few years I have been including a sewing kit in OCC boxes for older girls. I make a pincushion, needle book, scissors keep and zippered pouch. I also include a pill bottle which I modpodge for keeping broken/bent needles and pins. This year I also made book sleeves (Pin Cut Sew youtube). I hope to make covers for notebooks to include. If I get time, I may make a tote bag like you made. Very cute:)
Thank you for watching and sharing those great ideas! I'm thinking of making some little sewing kits for the older girls and also including a couple of half yards of coordinating cotton fabric. Happy sewing, 🩷 Lisa
Thanks for watching and commenting! I really enjoy putting the boxes together and thinking about how happy the children are going to be when they open them up! Happy sewing, 💕 Lisa
this is such a sweet idea❤my guess is the kids will feel your love every time they wear or use them, and i wouldn't be surprised at all if they treasure these things for years to come, long after they have outgrown them. bless you~✨
My church sewing group made about 30 canvas backpack last year for Operation Christmas Child. Love getting new ideas. I'm getting more ideas for my sewing group at church this year!
Thanks for watching and commenting! I know the children appreciated those backpack and I'm sure they've gotten a lot of use! Have fun sewing this year's items! 🥰 Lisa
Thank you for such a great amount of information. I have contributed to the Christmas Boxes here in Australia through church groups. Included with the handmade hats and scarves have been soft teddy bears, which are made in the hoop of an embroidery machine. ❤
Thanks for watching and commenting! I would love to see how the teddy bears look. Is there a pattern online? I've never made any items in the hoop, but would love to learn how! 💕 Lisa
I wondered about teddy bears or other hugables that may be included, thank you for mentioning those. Hate to sound dumb, but do I get my shoe boxes from any source? Thank you for sharing. God bless you and kindest regards to all.
Yes, kids love receiving a stuffed toy! About the boxes, they have some for purchase on the OCC website and I think from Hobby Lobby. I don't purchase mine. I save any nice size shoe boxes when I buy shoes for our family. I get most of my shoe boxes all ready wrapped from the church that is the collection site for my area. They have ladies that wrap boxes all year and then they give out the boxes in the fall for people to pack. I'm friends with some of the staff there, so they always give me as many boxes as I need. 😀 I've also had friends and family save me their shoe boxes. It's best if you can get boxes that don't have the hinged lids. I find them very difficult to wrap. Once you have your box or boxes, wrap the lid and box separately in Christmas wrapping paper. Hope this helps! Happy sewing, 💕 Lisa
I thought that might work, but hadn't tried it, so thanks for confirming that! I will give it a try. I really didn't want to leave tape on the ends! 🤨 Happy Sewing! 🥰 Lisa
Thanks for sharing! I haven't ever worked with plastic canvas, so I'll have to check it out next time I'm at Hobby Lobby. I guess fabric spray adhesive could be used since the canvas wouldn't be fusible. Happy sewing, 🥰 Lisa
Thanks for commenting! I didn't know you could donate hand made items to Angel Tree. Thanks for letting me know. That's a great organization to help with! Happy sewing, 🥰 Lisa
@thesouthernseamstress hi, would you happen to know the name of that green paint in your sewing room? I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thank you for sharing this information with me.
My sewing room is painted with Sherwin Williams 6212 - Quietude. I also have my laundry room (which is next to my sewing room) painted that color. They've been painted for 8 years and it still my favorite color in the house! 🥰
You could also use batting between the quilter’s cotton on the Kim Clutch and quilt it. They could be used as a case for their glasses that way and it would give it structure for general use. To secure the ends of the cording on your drawstring bag you can use a lighter to melt the ends, as long as it is synthetic and not cotton. Cotton will burn, but synthetics will just melt. That way you don’t need to use tape.
You have made some really lovely items. So far I’ve made some simple bags and pouches for both genders, and some hair scrunchies for girls. I’m always on the lookout for stationery items and small toys! Do you put balloons in your boxes? I have done previously, but the people I join with, don’t like them (I think because they can be a choking hazard and people can develop a latex allergy). As a child, I loved balloons. …and, I’ve already bought a 50 pack of punch ball balloons. 😮 Billie.
Thanks for watching! I'm sure all those things will be much loved and appreciated. I do not put regular balloons in my boxes because of the choking hazard. I have put the thicker, bouncy ball type ones in before that have a strap attached. I'll be loading up on school supplies soon. I need to remember to get them on "tax free" weekend. In Arkansas, that will be August 3-4th. I'm not sure that all states have a "tax free" weekend for back-to-school items. Happy sewing, 💕 Lisa
@@thesouthernseamstress - thank you for replying - yes the balloons I have, have an elastic attached too, but they could still be a choking hazard - I think I’ll give them to the scouts instead (we can warn them to be careful and watch them - they love balloons, and we can use them for relay races and just general fun)! Sadly we don’t have tax free weekends here in England, but thankfully they’re not expensive.
I live in South Africa we have mostly very warm weather, but during May to September it can sometimes get pretty cold here negative celsuis temperatures. Love you're videos
Reusable feminine pads for the older girls' boxes. So many of them miss school during this time as they are unable to go. I know free patterns are available.
Omg trying to get any of these patterns is ridiculous!!!!! I went to one site, the girls apron, I almost had to give up my first born!!!! Crazy I finally gave up and decided to I can go buy an apron pattern easier 🤯
Hi Wendy! So sorry that you're having problems getting the patterns. I usually just have to give my name and email. The Spoonflower Blog has several apron tutorials for children. Try this link:blog.spoonflower.com/?s=apron Also here's another apron pattern from Sew Much Ado. I haven't made it yet but in comes in 3 sizes, which is great!:www.sewmuchado.com/the-little-apron-free-pattern-and-tutorial/ Hope this helps! Happy Sewing, 🥰 Lisa
Thank you so much! My parents were both from Central Texas, so I visited the state often growing up. My dad always like to tell us that Texas was hot, but not humid like Arkansas! 😆 I think he always wanted to move back, but my mother's parents had also moved to AR and she wanted to be close to them. Anyway, we'll both be feeling the heatwave this summer! Thank for watching, commenting, and subscribing! 💕💕💕 Lisa
I called Samaritan's Purse a few years back with this same concern about owls or other animals on fabric for the cloth pads I sew. They said they had no restrictions on animals or animal prints. Sending Shoeboxes TH-cam channel has a video about this and she also got the same info. from SP.
Very nice video. May I make a suggestion? I have my volume all the way up and I am not hard of hearing but I am having a difficult time hearing you. Maybe your microphone is too far away?? Thank you for your kind and giving heart.
Sorry to hear about the volume problem. I've listened to my videos on multiple devices and haven't had any problems hearing them. Do you use your phone, computer, TV? My microphone is only about two feet from me, but I did go into my settings and bump up the volume a couple of clicks. Maybe that will help. 😀 Thanks for watching! 💕 Lisa
Use closed captions to help follow. Accents, tone of voice issues won't always be resolved by upping volume I learned as a nurse and now hearing impaired even with aids some speakers I Fi d hard to follow. I use Closed Caption . CC icon on videos that have it. This lady has it available for her videos. For Presenter I hoped to say this off screen but couldn't. Reading on screen hand written notes is hard on you and us, Write out your notes then Type them in BOLD and in font size large enough for you can read at a glance. Prefer to read hand written notes for videos? Write with bold black marker pen, space out your writing so you leave blank lines between each written line so it's easier to read from a distance. Try it out, test run video to see if you find it easier and you are not bending over notes pausing to do so. Prop your notes on a book stand/ cushion or use scanned images on a Tablet or out of view computer screen to read them closer to eye level. There are tablet/ book stands you can make/ cover so make that another project that once done is kept on screen in future videos as something viewers can see and consider doing themselves. No offence meant, simply suggestions to make it easier for you and to keep you connected to viewers. Thanks for all the time you take off camera as well as on it.
Yes, they are bigger than a normal vest, but the pattern is suppose to be loose around the arms. As long as the front of the child is covered up, I think they will be fine. Thanks for watching and commenting! 💕 Lisa
I rechecked the website and it says 2-4, 5-9, 10-14. Where did you look for age groups? Anyway, thanks for watching and here's a link to where I got my age groups from: www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/pack-a-shoe-box/ Happy Sewing, 💕 Lisa
Why is she giving children in need Approns?. Maybe I'm missing something. Very sweet to handmade these things for others but don't they need a complete dress?
The aprons are just something cute to wear over their main clothes to keep them clean while they're learning how to cook for their families. Dresses are always nice too. Thanks for watching! 🙂 Lisa
I'm just doing a few aprons. I thought the little girls would have fun wearing them while they are learning how to cook. I mostly send clothing accessories because of the differences in sizes from the youngest in an age group to the oldest in an age group. Thanks for watching! 🥰 Lisa
Oh I always pack mine with fun toys, plus school supplies, art supplies, cleaning supplies, clothing items, and other stuff! Thanks for watching! 💕 Lisa
The false bottom can be made from the sturdy plastic mats from dollar tree and/or the plastic table mats from dollar tree as well. Cut them to size and cover with fabric. I have also used the cardboard boxes from the post office (free) and cut to size and cover with fabric.
Thanks for sharing! I like the table mat idea. It would be both stiff and waterproof.🥰 Happy sewing, 💕 Lisa
I’m interested in the Drawstring Ditty Bag and the Convertible Backpack Totebag and the Drawstring Backpack. Thank you for researching all these patterns ❤
You are so welcome! Have fun sewing them up! ❤️ Lisa
Hi! I enjoyed your ideas! The last few years I have been including a sewing kit in OCC boxes for older girls. I make a pincushion, needle book, scissors keep and zippered pouch. I also include a pill bottle which I modpodge for keeping broken/bent needles and pins. This year I also made book sleeves (Pin Cut Sew youtube). I hope to make covers for notebooks to include. If I get time, I may make a tote bag like you made. Very cute:)
Thank you for watching and sharing those great ideas! I'm thinking of making some little sewing kits for the older girls and also including a couple of half yards of coordinating cotton fabric. Happy sewing, 🩷 Lisa
Bless you for your giving heart❤️👍
Thanks for watching and commenting! I really enjoy putting the boxes together and thinking about how happy the children are going to be when they open them up! Happy sewing, 💕 Lisa
I made 150 zipper pouches for our OCC
Wow, that's great! I bet you can make those blindfolded by now! Thanks for sharing! 💕 Lisa
this is such a sweet idea❤my guess is the kids will feel your love every time they wear or use them, and i wouldn't be surprised at all if they treasure these things for years to come, long after they have outgrown them. bless you~✨
Thanks so much for. your kind comments! So glad you enjoyed the video! Happy sewing, 💕 Lisa
This would not only make a bin but this type vest would be perfect for an art or kitchen apron too
Yes, I think it would be great for anytime the child's trying to keep their clothes clean! Thanks for watching and commenting! 💕 Lisa
My church sewing group made about 30 canvas backpack last year for Operation Christmas Child. Love getting new ideas. I'm getting more ideas for my sewing group at church this year!
Thanks for watching and commenting! I know the children appreciated those backpack and I'm sure they've gotten a lot of use! Have fun sewing this year's items! 🥰 Lisa
Thank you for such a great amount of information. I have contributed to the Christmas Boxes here in Australia through church groups. Included with the handmade hats and scarves have been soft teddy bears, which are made in the hoop of an embroidery machine. ❤
Thanks for watching and commenting! I would love to see how the teddy bears look. Is there a pattern online? I've never made any items in the hoop, but would love to learn how! 💕 Lisa
I wondered about teddy bears or other hugables that may be included, thank you for mentioning those. Hate to sound dumb, but do I get my shoe boxes from any source? Thank you for sharing. God bless you and kindest regards to all.
Yes, kids love receiving a stuffed toy! About the boxes, they have some for purchase on the OCC website and I think from Hobby Lobby. I don't purchase mine. I save any nice size shoe boxes when I buy shoes for our family. I get most of my shoe boxes all ready wrapped from the church that is the collection site for my area. They have ladies that wrap boxes all year and then they give out the boxes in the fall for people to pack. I'm friends with some of the staff there, so they always give me as many boxes as I need. 😀 I've also had friends and family save me their shoe boxes. It's best if you can get boxes that don't have the hinged lids. I find them very difficult to wrap. Once you have your box or boxes, wrap the lid and box separately in Christmas wrapping paper. Hope this helps! Happy sewing, 💕 Lisa
On your nylon cords, once tied, you can run a flame over the ends to melt them a little to keep them from fraying. Do it with plenty of fresh air.
I thought that might work, but hadn't tried it, so thanks for confirming that! I will give it a try. I really didn't want to leave tape on the ends! 🤨 Happy Sewing! 🥰 Lisa
You could use plastic canvas too for the inside bottom of the ditty drawstring bags.
Thanks for sharing! I haven't ever worked with plastic canvas, so I'll have to check it out next time I'm at Hobby Lobby. I guess fabric spray adhesive could be used since the canvas wouldn't be fusible. Happy sewing, 🥰 Lisa
I'm making santa sacks, drawstring bags, cell phone pouches, wallets using youtube tutorials. I'm donating to my local Christmas Angel Tree.
Thanks for commenting! I didn't know you could donate hand made items to Angel Tree. Thanks for letting me know. That's a great organization to help with! Happy sewing, 🥰 Lisa
@thesouthernseamstress hi, would you happen to know the name of that green paint in your sewing room? I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thank you for sharing this information with me.
My sewing room is painted with Sherwin Williams 6212 - Quietude. I also have my laundry room (which is next to my sewing room) painted that color. They've been painted for 8 years and it still my favorite color in the house! 🥰
Hi can you share your patterns...I made some bags and some monthly pads I'll share those with you
You should find links to all of them in the description below the video. Happy sewing! 🩷 Lisa
You could also use batting between the quilter’s cotton on the Kim Clutch and quilt it. They could be used as a case for their glasses that way and it would give it structure for general use. To secure the ends of the cording on your drawstring bag you can use a lighter to melt the ends, as long as it is synthetic and not cotton. Cotton will burn, but synthetics will just melt. That way you don’t need to use tape.
Thanks for your helpful comments! I am going to try burning my cord ends.🙂 Happy sewing, 💕 Lisa
You have made some really lovely items.
So far I’ve made some simple bags and pouches for both genders, and some hair scrunchies for girls.
I’m always on the lookout for stationery items and small toys!
Do you put balloons in your boxes? I have done previously, but the people I join with, don’t like them (I think because they can be a choking hazard and people can develop a latex allergy). As a child, I loved balloons.
…and, I’ve already bought a 50 pack of punch ball balloons. 😮
Billie.
Thanks for watching! I'm sure all those things will be much loved and appreciated. I do not put regular balloons in my boxes because of the choking hazard. I have put the thicker, bouncy ball type ones in before that have a strap attached. I'll be loading up on school supplies soon. I need to remember to get them on "tax free" weekend. In Arkansas, that will be August 3-4th. I'm not sure that all states have a "tax free" weekend for back-to-school items. Happy sewing, 💕 Lisa
@@thesouthernseamstress - thank you for replying - yes the balloons I have, have an elastic attached too, but they could still be a choking hazard - I think I’ll give them to the scouts instead (we can warn them to be careful and watch them - they love balloons, and we can use them for relay races and just general fun)!
Sadly we don’t have tax free weekends here in England, but thankfully they’re not expensive.
Sounds like a good plan! Do you know what countries the boxes from England get shipped to?
I live in South Africa we have mostly very warm weather, but during May to September it can sometimes get pretty cold here negative celsuis temperatures.
Love you're videos
Thanks for sharing! I plan to make a cap for each of my boxes! 💕 Lisa
"I didn't plan on getting any fabric that day." LOL.
Well I only got that one piece, so pretty good restraint on my part! 🙄 Thanks for watching and commenting! 💕 Lisa
Reusable feminine pads for the older girls' boxes. So many of them miss school during this time as they are unable to go. I know free patterns are available.
That's a great idea! I've seen several free patterns on Pinterest. Thanks for sharing! 🩷 Lisa
How wonderful! You are soooo generous! I may try to do some of these ideas! Subscribed
Thank you so much for watching, commenting, and subscribing! 🥰 Lisa
Omg trying to get any of these patterns is ridiculous!!!!! I went to one site, the girls apron, I almost had to give up my first born!!!! Crazy I finally gave up and decided to I can go buy an apron pattern easier 🤯
Hi Wendy! So sorry that you're having problems getting the patterns. I usually just have to give my name and email. The Spoonflower Blog has several apron tutorials for children. Try this link:blog.spoonflower.com/?s=apron
Also here's another apron pattern from Sew Much Ado. I haven't made it yet but in comes in 3 sizes, which is great!:www.sewmuchado.com/the-little-apron-free-pattern-and-tutorial/
Hope this helps! Happy Sewing, 🥰 Lisa
That bib vest is cute! I want one as an “apron”.
Yes, it would be great for that too! Thanks for watching and commenting! 🩷 Lisa
What a lovely person you are. You're a peachy peach. Subscribed from equally hot Texas
Thank you so much! My parents were both from Central Texas, so I visited the state often growing up. My dad always like to tell us that Texas was hot, but not humid like Arkansas! 😆 I think he always wanted to move back, but my mother's parents had also moved to AR and she wanted to be close to them. Anyway, we'll both be feeling the heatwave this summer! Thank for watching, commenting, and subscribing! 💕💕💕 Lisa
Great ideas
Glad you like them! 💕
Yes, that little vest should fit 2 to 4, if not that will grow right into it.
Thanks for helping me out! Happy sewing! 🥰 Lisa
Most definitely will fit 2-4
Thanks, that's so nice to hear! Now I can get busy making some more of them! 💕 LIsa
Just FYI owls are not to be used in anything for the native population. We assume these boxes will not be given in US.
Thanks for sharing! I had not heard that. Happy sewing, 💕 Lisa
I called Samaritan's Purse a few years back with this same concern about owls or other animals on fabric for the cloth pads I sew. They said they had no restrictions on animals or animal prints. Sending Shoeboxes TH-cam channel has a video about this and she also got the same info. from SP.
Thanks for the information! Happy sewing, 🥰 Lisa
Very nice video. May I make a suggestion? I have my volume all the way up and I am not hard of hearing but I am having a difficult time hearing you. Maybe your microphone is too far away?? Thank you for your kind and giving heart.
Sorry to hear about the volume problem. I've listened to my videos on multiple devices and haven't had any problems hearing them. Do you use your phone, computer, TV? My microphone is only about two feet from me, but I did go into my settings and bump up the volume a couple of clicks. Maybe that will help. 😀 Thanks for watching! 💕 Lisa
Use closed captions to help follow. Accents, tone of voice issues won't always be resolved by upping volume I learned as a nurse and now hearing impaired even with aids some speakers I Fi d hard to follow. I use Closed Caption . CC icon on videos that have it. This lady has it available for her videos.
For Presenter I hoped to say this off screen but couldn't. Reading on screen hand written notes is hard on you and us, Write out your notes then Type them in BOLD and in font size large enough for you can read at a glance. Prefer to read hand written notes for videos? Write with bold black marker pen, space out your writing so you leave blank lines between each written line so it's easier to read from a distance. Try it out, test run video to see if you find it easier and you are not bending over notes pausing to do so.
Prop your notes on a book stand/ cushion or use scanned images on a Tablet or out of view computer screen to read them closer to eye level.
There are tablet/ book stands you can make/ cover so make that another project that once done is kept on screen in future videos as something viewers can see and consider doing themselves.
No offence meant, simply suggestions to make it easier for you and to keep you connected to viewers. Thanks for all the time you take off camera as well as on it.
@@suzannenewton6565 thank you will try CC
Arm holes look too big,but I canonly go by sight
Yes, they are bigger than a normal vest, but the pattern is suppose to be loose around the arms. As long as the front of the child is covered up, I think they will be fine. Thanks for watching and commenting! 💕 Lisa
Age groups, 2-4, 5-10, 11-14. Tagged for a boy or a girl.
I rechecked the website and it says 2-4, 5-9, 10-14. Where did you look for age groups? Anyway, thanks for watching and here's a link to where I got my age groups from: www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/pack-a-shoe-box/
Happy Sewing, 💕 Lisa
Why is she giving children in need Approns?. Maybe I'm missing something. Very sweet to handmade these things for others but don't they need a complete dress?
The aprons are just something cute to wear over their main clothes to keep them clean while they're learning how to cook for their families. Dresses are always nice too. Thanks for watching! 🙂 Lisa
Aprons can help protect and save the clothes they have
Even poor children want to look cute I think she is amazing
Thanks for explaining
Love how you help others. My mother did the shoebox ministry in the past and I am currently making some quilts for some children.💐💐
Why are you doing aprons???
Why not clothing???
I'm just doing a few aprons. I thought the little girls would have fun wearing them while they are learning how to cook. I mostly send clothing accessories because of the differences in sizes from the youngest in an age group to the oldest in an age group. Thanks for watching! 🥰 Lisa
I understand homemade gifts, but if children are in need, they also want toys.
Oh I always pack mine with fun toys, plus school supplies, art supplies, cleaning supplies, clothing items, and other stuff! Thanks for watching! 💕 Lisa
If I make a ditty bag for a gift box, I would definitely include a toy as well. Kids love a container to store their belongings.
The boxes also include toys, coloring books, crayolas, etc.