Category Archives: Christmas Decorations

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

Bird Decoration

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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