Burda Style For people who sew

Christmas is a mere 6 weeks away. ‘Where did the time go?’ I hear you ask, I keep asking myself the same question. I’m yet to get started on my handmade Christmas gifts but I do have a shopping trip planned for next week to stock up on supplies and get down to business. We don’t give a lot of gifts in our family, since we live in Australia and all of our relatives live on the other side of the world in the UK it seems silly to spend so much on gifts and their postage costs. This arrangement suits me fine since we have more than enough of what we need, although it is nice to receive a few surprises on Christmas Day. I think I’ve said before how expensive Christmas can be and how carried away we can get with gift giving so we plan to give our girls only a few gifts this year and focus more on the time we spend together rather than the actual gifts themselves.

This brings me to think about those that do not have families to share the holidays with or those parents that cannot afford to buy their kids a gift. I have a loving family with whom I can spend my time with and the ability to give my children a gift or two. It’s that simple, my family is important and I am lucky to be in the position I am. I do not have a lot of spare time on my hands but this year I will be making a few extra gifts to give to those less fortunate and I urge you to do the same.

I have started up a thread in the forum for us to discuss this topic. I would like for you to give details of charities you know of that need gifts for Christmas, there are charities such as the Mirabel Foundation here in Melbourne which assists children who have been orphaned or abandoned due to parental illicit drug use who are looking for gifts to give to these children. I would also like to know about charities helping out adults too.

Please take the time to sew up a small gift; you really will make someone’s Christmas special by doing so.