No-Sew Fleece Pillow

Materials:
10 ounces poly-fill (pillow stuffing)
2- 18in. by 26in. pieces of fleece (coordinate colors)
scissors

Place fabric on top of each other and make sure the top fabric is even with the bottom fabric. If your fabric has a "pretty side," be sure that it is facing out. With your scissors, cut approximately four inches deep into your fabric at one inch intervals. Be sure you are cutting both pieces of fabric and go around the entire circumference of the material--yes you will be cutting out 4 by 4 squares at each corner! Now take one top strip and the bottom corresponding strip and tie them together twice. Do this around three sides of the "pillowcase" with corresponding strips. Stuff your poly-fill into your pillowcase and tie off the remaining side. Voila! You have a fun, inexpensive no-sew pillow!

Tis the Season

'Tis the season to spend gobs of money and totally spoil our kids rotten...but what message are we really telling our children? That it is ok to be irresponsible with our money? That it is sensible to have a hundred things we don't need and will hardly use? That value is in the dollar amount and not the time and energy a person spent thinking of them? Let's face it, when we look around at society, it is obvious what parents are teaching kids. We may not intend for the wrong lessons to be taught, but we don't pause long enough to think about the value in what is being learned.
I encourage you to just stop for a few moments before you spend your hard-earned money this year...stop and think about what values you are wanting your children to learn.
In our home, we encourage hand-crafted gifts--to teach our children about true value. We get our children a couple clothing items--to teach our children about what they need verses what they want. And one or two toys to remind our children how blessed they are. And, allow your children to participate...have them craft items for their loved ones. Make Christmas more about giving than receiving this year...I promise your children will be better off for it, and you just might get blessed too!