Day 2
Random Act of Christmas Kindess ( R.A.C.K. ) Door
Hangers
Supplies…
1 Fat Quarter and 2 coordinating fabric scraps
for ties (plus thread to match )
Stuffing
Bias Tape to match your fabric ( or ruffled rick rack…you need 12 inches for each pillow)
Stuffing
Bias Tape to match your fabric ( or ruffled rick rack…you need 12 inches for each pillow)
Batting
6 red buttons
Christmas sew in tag
1 key
Red and white bakers twine
5 red jingle bells
Copy of 25 R.A.C.K. ideas ( retype and space them
out so you can cut them out separately and fold and put in back pocket ) on
back of this handout.
Red embroidery floss
Steam and Seam
Directions…
Cut 4 fabric pieces 7.5 x 5.5 (for pillows), cut
2 batting pieces at 7.5 x 5.5 Then cut 1 fabric piece at 9 x 5.5 (for
pocket), fold this piece in half (length
wise ) with WST and top stitch ¼
from the fold ( this becomes the top of
your pocket )
Place pocket at the bottom of one of your 7.5 x
5.5 pieces and baste in place
Cut bias tape 12 each and topstitch shut ( or just cut ruffled rick rack into 2 …12 inch pieces )
Cut bias tape 12 each and topstitch shut ( or just cut ruffled rick rack into 2 …12 inch pieces )
Cut 6 pieces of bakers twine at 13 inches each,
then take 3 and braid them together, and tying on jingle bells at the bottom of
each one
Trace and cut out numbers and steam and seam them
onto front pieces. Next attach batting to back and zigzag to appliqué them (
through both layers ).
Make holly out of fabric and batting on both
front pieces, sew and cut with pinking shears. Next sew on holly and buttons.
Baste down
sew in tag, on bottom left hand side of # 2 piece… Baste in bias tape at
top middle and tucking it in good when getting ready to sew.
Put RST and sew ¼ all the way around. Leave 2.5
inch opening at bottom. Trim corners and turn.
This is when you need to sew on your key, stuff, sew opening shut and tie knot in bias tape and contrasting scraps of fabric, plus tie on your jingle bells. Hang on your door and enjoy the season of giving!
This is when you need to sew on your key, stuff, sew opening shut and tie knot in bias tape and contrasting scraps of fabric, plus tie on your jingle bells. Hang on your door and enjoy the season of giving!
Lynn Woodard www.mandieandmedesigns.com
“Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy,
forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer,
service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself,
respect. ~Oren Arnold
25 Random
Acts of Christmas Kindness
Taping candy canes to ATM machines around town
Bringing the your or your kids teacher hot cocoa
and a muffin early one morning
Taping quarters to vending and toy machines
around town
Grocery shopping for the sole purpose of donating
it
Feeding meters around town
Donating stockings with treats, candy and a craft
to kids at a school in need
Volunteer to ring Salvation Army bells
Handing out Starbucks gift cards {$5.00 value
each}
Pay for the person behind you in the drive
through {hot chocolate, meal, anything}
Paid past due library fees for 5 people
Donated a poinsettia to a local school
Bought and donated toys for “Toys 4 Tots”
Brought treats to the employees of our local Post
Office branch
Purged from your personal “library” and donated
to a school library in need
Do a dingdong ditch for your neighbor with a
plate of cookies or other treats
Compliment 5 strangers
Call and sing a Christmas carol to someone who is
lonely
Offer to watch the kids of a mother in need
Give care packages to the homeless
Write a letter to someone who has made a
difference in your life
Send a holiday bouquet to someone you love
Leave a box of cookies in the mailbox for the
mailman
Give a prepaid phone card to someone in need
{college student, young mother, etc.}
Pay someone’s toll
Take someone to the movies
You
have been RACK’ed
This Christmas
season, we are counting down the 25 days of Christmas by performing RANDOM ACTS
OF KINDNESS each day.
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