Needlework Monday: Christmas Gift For Boss

It has been an interesting December, to say the least. 

In Alabama, we hardly get snow and ice (remind me to tell you about the time I spent 3 days and 2 nights at the office), and this December, we had a good 5 inches of snow on the ground. That shuts down the entire city because we cannot handle that here. Yes, I am serious. It isn’t a good investment, plus we don’t have enough snow and ice during the winter to even purchase enough machines to take care of the city.

Anyway, I was in charge of purchasing the gift card for my boss this Christmas. Some of the group members had not given their donation to the card, and I was planning to pick up the card over the weekend. 

But, with the snow, no one could do anything.

I decided that I was going to do something extra. We enjoy Shipley’s doughnuts as a group, so I created this “Shipley’s Fund change purse” for any additional money I received after purchasing  the gift card. 

This was done using a half double crochet stitch. I already had a zipper. So I made my foundation chain a couple of stitches bigger than the zipper. Then, I did half double crochets until I made a rectangle. Before I formed the purse, I did the lettering. As you can see, it was not as straight as I liked. Something else for me to practice, right??

I then folded the rectangle over, sewed up the two sides, then unzipped the zipper and sewed it into the change purse. (I didn’t do a good job of sewing because I had to sew it over at least 3 times.)

The photo is the finished project.

My boss was pleased and is using it now to “save up for doughnuts”. 😊