Such A Lot Of Christmas

On the crafting front things have been very busy with lots of Christmas Craft Fairs coming up

 Lace covered ornaments

 In lots of colours and designs

 Personalised christmas stockings

 Lace wine glass covers with lights inside

 and a matching coaster

 Ugly jumper tree decorations

 bottle lamps

 With colour changing dancing lights

 Some cards using fabric scraps and trying out designs

 Christmas countdowns

 A bit more stylish and grown up

 Glass Angel baubles personalised

 Lace Angel with lights, or can be used as a tree topper

 Green man of the woods with lights

 Crazy legs snowman with more lights

 Welsh gingerbread tree ornaments

 Candy Cane tree ornaments

 There is lots of other bits but I don't want to bore you too much.

🎅🎄🤶

 

Stitch In Time

I have been so busy stitching getting ready for the Autumn fair in October

 Tissue Holders, Gift Card Holders

 Fleece hats for babies

 Candy Cane Mice, Candy Cane Horses, Mini felt stockings

 Candy Cane Owls

 Bottle Aprons

 Gingerbread Men Pomanders

Hats for toddlers.

This all mainly samples the stock that is made is all packaged now, still have more hats to do, waiting delivery on some blank baby bibs and some clear vinyl for another range of items.

I have been having a great time :-)

Whats A Girl To Do ............

Whats a girl to do when all you get is rain ? the answer is easy craft of course.

That's what I have been doing over the past few days.

I have been working on some ideas for the Christmas Fair in the village this October.

Bottle Aprons to glam up that bottle of brew that's been given as a gift, I have about 8 different designs worked out, they are all embroidered onto felt I thought £2 each.

Scented Gingerbread Men Pomander's, they will be impregnated with a Christmas spice oil £2.50

Pocket Tissue Holders I am doing them in a selection of colours and they come with a pack of tissues inside, £3

Candy Cane Mice and Owls £1.50

So that is what I have been working on the past few days, I have some other ideas as well.

 

When I went to the quilt festival the other week I was really taken with a quilted panel on display there, I didn't buy it but have thought about it since getting home, I took the details of the company selling it and the other day I went onto there web site and it was there at the same price as it was at the show, I ordered it in fact I ordered the kit.

This is the panel Autumn Harvest its about 4 ft long so difficult to do it justice in a photo

The kit contained everything needed to complete the panel, wadding, backing fabric, binding fabric, gold gems and gold thread. £22 from Stitch Witch

There is no chance it will get done this year a project for the new year perhaps. :-)

 

Frosty The Snowman

Mister Frosty

He was made last year a very quick and easy decoration, he was made from a pillow case, in fact you can get two from a pillowcase.

Cut up the middle lengthwise, sew up the new cut sides, you now have two long tube shapes, 

fill with stuffing of your choice, I used polystyrene beads, you want it stuffed so it is fairly firm and will stand up. Sew up the bottom then you need to create some shape, divide it roughly into thirds and tie with string, your snowman body has now three sections, decorate one at the end with a face, sew on some buttons, I made a scarf and hat from some bits of an old fleece blanket and decorated with foam snowflakes. 

My snowman's face was embroidered on but you can easily do it with felt of fabric shapes and glue them on, or use safety eyes.

Fabric Christmas Trees

I picked up a copy of Homemaker magazine yesterday while out shopping

It came with a little kit to make the fabric trees on the front cover, I made mine up slightly different

I stitched mine on the top and cut round them with pinking shears, I added to hot fix gems and some organza bows on the tree top, I decorated the spools with tartan ribbon.

Word of warning, the spools on the front cover are not the ones you get with the kit you get those tiny ones that are on mine and you don't get enough stuffing for the trees, just as well I had plenty. 

I think they would be very easy to do from felt and very effective, you only need to stitch two triangles together leave an opening to stuff.

I also picked up a copy of Sew Home and Style

You get a kit to make this Santa

I haven't made it yet, again I think it needs jazzing up,

These little cuties caught my eye

Little felt coat tree decorations

I fancy making up some of these.don't know if it will be in time for this year :-)