So when you have a lot of coworkers, gift season can be difficult. You want something that can be personalized, doesn't cost a lot, is quick/easy to finish, and I prefer that it be practical if possible. Enter the plastic bag holder. Since I'm in the veterinary profession, almost everyone I work with has animals, and plastic grocery bags are awesome for poop scooping, as well as trash can liners, etc. So I made a whole bunch of plastic grocery bag holders to hand out. Most of them are shown in this pic, but there's a few more that sadly didn't get photographed. I tried to semi-customize the print to the person, but almost all were animal related. Mine were based off of this pattern, though I didn't follow it exactly. All my holders have loops made from self-fabric, for example. I really like these - I actually have one in each of my bathrooms, plus in the closet (for the dog bags) and near the cat box. Great assembly line gift if you need one.
A colleague had asked me about making scrub caps quite a few months ago, and I had said sure, but don't know when. Good thing I said that, since it took months to get around to it! She gave me the paw print fabric to use, plus another one that apparently never made it into the photo, and I found a free pattern online. I made four out of the paw print fabric. The monster print was leftover from my scrub shirt, and that will eventually be a gift for a colleague's birthday.
My original prototype was the bug print on the left - I had a bunch of that in stash. Not sure why the monster one showed up in a second pic, but there it is. And the Walking Dead cap on the right became a Christmas gift for another colleague who is hugely into that TV show.
Now that I have the pattern down, I figure caps may become popular gifts for coworker's birthdays....
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