Wine Sleeves for Host Gifts
Some wonderful friends of my parents are throwing a couple's shower Saturday night in honor of my fiance and me. Since it is a couples shower hosted by couples, I wanted to come up with thank you gifts that they would be able to use, reuse, enjoy, and relax with. Last night, I went to the local Goodwill to pick up a few shirts in order to create the host gifts: wine sleeves for their wine!
Below are the shirts I scored.
All are in great condition with no stains or pilled fabric. I wanted to find neutral colors that could be for both men and women.
First, I cut off both sleeves of each shirt.
I used the wine bottles to measure the length, making sure to leave a little wiggle room.
I cut each sleeve at the pinned line, then drew another line to have a guide to sew by.
I used a straight stitch and zig zag stitch to ensure no fraying.
I kept the excess fabric on initially to make sewing it easier
(sometimes when it is a thin edge, it will get wound up in the machine instead of sewing).
After sewing, I cut off the excess fabric above the line.
Here it is! The wine bottle sleeve, with a little bow from the excess fabric!
More to come...
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