Christmas Stockings

M for Macie and S for Stella :) These are little Christmas tree decorations I made for my twin nieces. I'm going to do one more pink one for Ella, then 4 blue ones for Jayden, Lachie, Jordan and Caleb. That's all the kids in our family (all the little ones anyway!)

And this is a stocking I made for Jayden. It's not very big so I doubt much will fit inside it, but it's cute!

I have a feeling the every post from now until the end of December is going to be Christmas related =p While looking through old craft magazines last night I found a tutorial for some gorgeous sequined baubles so I'm going to give those a go soon!

Ella's Felt Photo Frame

Ella has been off school for the last 7 days with Swine Flu so it was the perfect opportunity to do some art and craft :) One of our projects was a photo frame made out of felt. We cut a rectangle of felt, then I got Ella to stitch around the outside with some red embroidery thread. After she'd finished stitching we measured the size of a photo and cut out the middle part just a little bit smaller than a photo (so the photo sits behind it), then she stitched around that part too. Next comes the fun part - decorating! Ella raided my sewing boxes and chose buttons, ribbons, little flower embellishments and some bows.

Concentrating very hard!

The end result

I have many many more projects and pictures to post but it's going to take a while so I think I'll space them out a bit and do one every few days.

Embroidery

While at the library last week I discovered a book on embroidery and thought I'd give it a try. It's something I've always wanted to be able to do but never really had any idea how to actually do it. I still don't really have any idea, but I'm a bit closer =p

Heart shaped pin cushion, appliqued cupcake purse, mushroom mini needlebook, and a beaded necklace that Ella made.

There's not really much embroidery on this one, just the outline of the cupcakes. I used a split stitch which probably wasn't the best choice as it turned out a bit bulky. Oh well, it was a learning experience.

Pin cushion! I've always wanted one of these. Previously all my pins were all over the place - some in tupperware containers, some in the little 'groove' thingy on my sewing machine, and lots scattered all over the kitchen table. Now they are all in one place! Again, split stitch around the little hearts, and blanket stitch around the outside.

This is a teensy tiny needlebook lol. I wasn't actually sure what it was going to be until I finished. I was just using the piece of felt to practise on and then when I was finished I thought "Hey! I can stick needles in here!"

I can fit probably 6 or 7 embroidery needles in it but at the moment I've just got 3 in there plus a few safety pins of various sizes that I keep losing

Ella designed this one!! I gave her a notepad and told her to draw me some pictures so off she went and then out of all the pictures she drew I chose this one (because it looked the easiest LOL) The top of it opens up and it's a little purse. Although she can't really put anything in it because the top doesn't close. I need to put a button in or something.

Booties

I made these for my brother and his girlfriend who are expecting twins =D

Fun With Felt

I'm not really sure what I'm going to do with all this. I think the cupcakes might become fridge magnets or something. I didn't really think it through very well when I was making them =p

More Clips!!

I'm obsessed with making these things...

Strawberry Hair Clip

Felt Hair Clips

I seriously love felt. It's cheap, it's easy to cut, it doesn't fray, and it's available in so many lovely colours. Anyways, here is some more felty goodness!

Felt Hair Clips

My overlocker is out of use so I've been forced to hand-sew today. Can you believe the overlocker has run out of thread already?? I only bought it 4 days ago =p

Anyway, I've been looking at all the gorgeous handmade hair clips on ebay and I have loads of spare felt so I thought I'd give them a try.

These last ones are a bit messy! Using fabric was a bit of an experiment that I don't think I'll try again.