Santa Sack and Festive Pillowcase – a 2 hour project.
I love Christmas but it is always such a hectic time of year, especially as it coincides with the end of the school year for us in Australia. This year my two teens have part time jobs so I seem to be driving back and forth to the shopping centre to drop them off. This has cut into my Christmas crafting time, so I was pleased when I found a project I made two years ago in my sewing room (complete with instructions and photos).
This is a super quick project that makes a pillowcase that can do double duty as a Santa sack on Christmas Eve – perfect for camouflaging those hard to wrap gifts that come down the chimney!
Your little ones will be dreaming of Christmas with this festive pillowcase. Then on Christmas Eve it can be placed by the fireplace. With its handy drawstring feature, it can double as a Santa Sack – the perfect size to hold a bounty of gifts. (Make it in 2 Hours).
* Note: If using with young children, I would delay threading the ribbon through the channels until Christmas Eve so that the ribbon does not pose a choking hazard.
Love it
Looks lovely!
Super cute and quick!
How clever is that Lisa and the fabric is just perfect.
I love it Lisa — Double Duty!!!
What beautiful fabric! And a great idea to add the drawstring!
Jill @ Creating my way to Success
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Wow, very clever!!
great project Lisa,love the pink and green santa fabric
Oh, it’s so gorgeous and such a great idea. Love it!
OK. After complaining loudly and repeatedly about the absolute mountain of great things to make on the internet, I’ve just made a Christmas folder on my computer. I do believe that if I start working in January 2012 I might be able to finish all the lovely things by Christmas next year. This pattern….is in there too! Thanks!
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My heart always sings here, dear Lisa!!! So lovely this sack-pillow or should I say pillow -sack??:o)
You always come up with wonderful ideas!!
Here in Brasil it is the end of the school year too + x-mas orders = I am going crazy!!!:o)))
Wish you all a great weekend!!!
Love, Bela
soooooooo gorgeous divine fabrics
Love that fabric!
Fantastic idea and beautiful colors!
I don’t need a Santa Sack but think it looks gorgeous anyway! Fabulous fabric.
Just an idea that I did with my Santa sack a few years ago-I made 2! One to sit out for Santa to fill and one hidden away for me to fill as i bought gifts. That way a simple switch-a-roo, and Christmas morning was ready!!!!
Such a fun project, especially with those adorable fabric prints. I love the idea of adding a drawstring to a pillowcase so it can double as a gift bag, or even be used as an overnight bag for sleepovers. Thanks for sharing!
Adoreable. I can even see this for the grandboys. Love it
Another great project, Lisa and Sarah….. Love it…..
Im so new at this!! Is there a picture tutorial for this? I’m getting a bit lost with attaching the green.
Hi Majella
This is a really old project that I made years ago. Unfortunately I don’t have any other photos of the process. It is a bit similar to my Pretty pillowcase:
http://aspoonfulofsugardesigns.com/2012/12/how-to-sew-pillowcase/ (which has some more photos)
When attaching the green pieces – both ends need to be left open so you can thread ribbon/cord through to use as a drawstring.
This is a great idea to combine a pillowcase with a santa sack, but I’m slightly confused. should there either be 2 main christmas fabrics (front and back), or a back piece mentioned….?
Hi Joyce – the there is only a seam down one side so the main fabric gets folded in half to create the front and back. Hope that helps 🙂
Thanks for this cute pattern! I made my daughter a Christmas narwhal pillowcase. I adjusted the instructions to sew it as a magic pillowcase with the seams enclosed. It turned out great!