Is that Christmas fabric?
It sure is my friends - and yes feel free to think that I'm entirely nuts!
Let me explain... Four years ago I began participating in a "Christmas Unswap" thread on Craftster. The guidelines were to make something monthly, so that you would be more prepared and relaxed when the holidays rolled around. I was *terrible* about this last year! I hate crafty pressure - so I'm trying to revisit this idea this year with a little more chutzpah!
When I saw Linda's tutorial for her deer ornaments on the Repro Depot blog, I knew that they had to be mine! I'm all about some woodland cuteness, so I set to work.
The Christmas tree fabric is Alexander Henry c. 2005 that I purchased on sale from Sew Mama Sew. It's also available in a really pretty blue colorway - so I might make a few more ornaments with that later in the year. Everything else was in my stash. This first dozen should pretty much take care of my tradition of giving a handmade ornament to every household in my immediate family and a few super special friends. A second batch will go to my favorite annual ornament swappers. I love that the little deer kinda look like they're frolicking through the forest!
The tutorial for these is simple, quick and has introduced me to the joys of permanent fabric glue aka super awesome stuff that I'm going to use *all the time* (thank you Linda)! If you are on Craftster, and would like to join me on my yearly Christmas quest, post on the 2008 Christmas Unswap thread that I just started!
Let me explain... Four years ago I began participating in a "Christmas Unswap" thread on Craftster. The guidelines were to make something monthly, so that you would be more prepared and relaxed when the holidays rolled around. I was *terrible* about this last year! I hate crafty pressure - so I'm trying to revisit this idea this year with a little more chutzpah!
When I saw Linda's tutorial for her deer ornaments on the Repro Depot blog, I knew that they had to be mine! I'm all about some woodland cuteness, so I set to work.
The Christmas tree fabric is Alexander Henry c. 2005 that I purchased on sale from Sew Mama Sew. It's also available in a really pretty blue colorway - so I might make a few more ornaments with that later in the year. Everything else was in my stash. This first dozen should pretty much take care of my tradition of giving a handmade ornament to every household in my immediate family and a few super special friends. A second batch will go to my favorite annual ornament swappers. I love that the little deer kinda look like they're frolicking through the forest!
The tutorial for these is simple, quick and has introduced me to the joys of permanent fabric glue aka super awesome stuff that I'm going to use *all the time* (thank you Linda)! If you are on Craftster, and would like to join me on my yearly Christmas quest, post on the 2008 Christmas Unswap thread that I just started!
posted by Geek+Nerd at 11:48 AM
1 Comments:
Very cute little deer ornaments. What a great idea to make these now, I'm always so rushed at Christmas.
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