For me, Christmas and the holidays are a time to celebrate with friends and family, create gifts, enjoy the delicious food and enjoy the music.  I feel so grateful to be able to share my holidays with people I love.

But it’s also important to remember that not everyone can celebrate – especially if they’re cold! Making some easy fleece mittens or scarves and then donating them to your local woman’s shelter, youth shelter or homeless shelter can be a great way to share your holidays with others.  This can also be a great stash-buster – it’s perfect for getting rid of those scraps of fleece that seem to accumulate…

The easiest scarf is a simple rectangle of polar fleece, cut from one width of fabric and neatly trimmed.  Cut it so the scarf is approximately 12 inches by 60 inches (most commercially available fleece is 60 inches wide).  You can also fringe the short ends if you’d like.  Quick, easy and no-sew!

Fabricland has a free, online pattern for an easy pair of child’s or adult’s mittens.

This fleece hood scarf from About.com is a great way to use up scraps of fleece.

Also from About.com – this fleece face warmer is perfect for the kind of day we’re having here – brrrr!

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Post from: Blisstree

Create a charitable Christmas – free patterns for mittens and scarves to give away