Mini tissue envelope

By Spotlight

Simple sewing: A gorgeous gift or something to brighten up your own purse.

Final Result

Materials

• 20cm x 17cm piece of printed cotton fabric (outer)
• 22cm x 17cm piece of printed cotton fabric (lining)
• pocket pack of tissues
• iron
• matching Gütermann sewing thread
• scissors
• pins
• sewing machine

Step 1

With right sides facing, sew the two fabrics together across the shorter ends using a 1cm seam allowance. Press seams open and turn right side out. With the outer fabric facing up, press fabrics flat, with 5mm of the lining fabric showing on each side of outer fabric.

Step 2

Turn the remaining raw edges of the fabric in 1cm and press. With inside facing up and bring the two sides into the centre of fabric and press flat.

Step 3

Topstitch pressed ends together 5mm in from outer edge. Remove tissues from plastic pack and place inside holder.

Note

Fun fact!

In 1924, the Kleenex brand of facial tissue was first introduced. Kleenex tissue was invented as a means to remove cold cream and early advertisements linked Kleenex to Hollywood makeup departments & sometimes included endorsements from movie stars such as blonde bombshell, Jean Harlow, who used Kleenex to remove her theatrical make-up with cold cream.