We made the teachers felt Christmas tree ornaments. This is one of the designs I used for my Advent Calendar – the back has the girls’ names and the year.
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Advent Calendar – 7
The buttons are on. Now I’ve just got to finish the ornaments…
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Advent Calendar – 6
All of the pockets are attached! I need to sew the buttons onto the tree and finish off the ornaments.
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Advent Calendar – 5
A pile of pockets ready to be sewn on and ornaments in a production line …
The ornaments are a machine embroidery design from here. They’ve used velvet as the base whereas I have used felt, so I’m not sure how to cut the edges away (they used a candle and melted the edges, but I’m not sure if that would work with felt). I’ve made 8 so only 16 to go … (I am feeling positive that I will get it done in time).
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Advent Calendar 3
The quilting is done …
The tree, stem and pot are free motion quilted and I used a hanging diamond pattern on the white background.
Here is a closer look …
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Advent Calendar 2
I’m quilting the base and I’ve made one ornament …
The Star consists of a front and a back and I didn’t manage to sew them together very well.
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Advent Calendar
I’ve decided to make an Advent Calendar – just to put myself under a bit more pressure. I got the idea from here, but it’s developed a mind of it’s own.
Each pocket will have a number embroidered on it. I haven’t quite decided on the position of the pockets yet – the one above is just placed on the quilt.
I’m going to sew buttons onto the tree from which we can hang ornaments (they’ll be stored in the pockets).
The ornaments are going to like this …
The number is on the back of the ornament. There will also be a star, tree and stocking (so six of each type).
I still have all of the pockets and the ornaments to sew as well as quilting the base. So lots to do and not much time.
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Birds
On the weekend I realised that I hadn’t thought of presents for my girls’ teachers. As school finishes on friday, I don’t have much time. I decided to make the bird christmas tree ornament from this book.
Despite my best efforts, I couldn’t get the belly section to join the body section without puckers.
The timing was pretty much spot-on – it took about four hours to make five of them. I think several in the tree would look fabulous, but I’m not sure if I have the motivation to make any more.
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