A Look Back: Christmas Crafting (4)

Felt snowflakes, created following the tutorial by purl bee. The tutorial is great – so beautifully presented!

A Look Back: Christmas Crafting (3)

Aren’t they just lovely? Following a tutorial by applehead I created two little felt boxes to hold a few small gifts for friends of mine. They are quick to make and the instructions are very clear. And I really, really like them. I think I’ll make a few for myself too To hold my threads or so…

A Look Back: Christmas Crafting (2)

I just realised I don’t have a nice, non-blurry picture of this but I’ll show one to you nonetheless. Just ignore the quality of the picture – I really liked the idea for a fabric ornament by whip up and had to produce my own one. So easy to make and looks really nice! The post on whip up includes a great tutorial with step-by-step instructions accompanied by lots of pictures!

A Look Back: Christmas Crafting (1)

Now, after everyone received their present a little look back at all the crafting done for Christmas.

First of all, for a friend of mine that collects thimbles I created little felted bags to hold the thimbles I collected all over the world over the last year.

First I cut out little stars, then little squares to hold the stars in a contrasting color and then a rectangle in the star’s color for the bag. I then sewed the star to the square and the square to the rectangle. I did sew the rectangle together along the long sides and closed the top with decorative garn closed with a bow =)

Felt Bookmarks

No tutorial to follow this time

I made quite a lot of felt bookmarks as little presents for Christmas. They consist of two layers of felt with fusible interfacing inbetween, sewn together along the edges and then a little felt start sewn onto the front of the bookmark =)

Fabric chain

I stumbled across Film in the Fridge’s fabric chain tutorial and just had to make my own one! I think it turned out quite nice. I’ll definitely add some more links over the next year to make a gigantic fabric chain for next Christmas

The tutorial is really, really good – easy and clear instructions, pictures for every step of the way and a great result!
And as I used the suggested Velcro, it’s very easy to disassemble and rearrange!

Another fabric bead necklace!

I just loved the first fabric bead necklace I produced some time ago. So I had to make another one

This time I used a great fabric I did get from my aunt – a cotton / satin mix in a ‘pucci’ design. So beautiful! And because of the pattern I didn’t have to use any other fabric =)

Hope you like this one as well! And I think I might just make another one like it and give it away as a Christmas present…

Getting started:

The finished necklace:

Oh, and remember: The tutorial is from froo*gal – for all those who feel inspired =)

Origami wreath

Following the tutorial by Domesticali I today produced a few wreaths for my room to get into the Christmas spirit =)

These are very easy to make and look quite nice. Just take care when handling the finished thing as they tend to fall apart quite easily!

My pieces of Christmas wrapping paper after step 2:

The finished wreaths:

Afterwards I used, as suggested in the tutorial, an embroidery cotton to hang it up =)

Fabric Bead Necklace – The Result

So, here it finally is – my first finished fabric bead necklace. I already wore it to university one and plan on doing so a lot in the near future. And I have already got plans for different coloured necklaces – for myself and as Christmas presents.

Now that I know exactely how to make them I think I’ll be able to make them in practically no time at all

Oh, I used a mixture of black and white fabric scratches I found lying around. One or two of them are from Ikea fabric the rest had been handed down to me by family and friends.

Already stressed about Christmas presents?

Well, I have already thought about them too. And I came across a few on-line tutorials that inspired me to hand craft most of my presents this year.

I especially love this necklace (the full title: Louis Vuitton “Knock Off” Fabric Bead Necklace) by froo*gal.

Fabric Bead Necklace

I think I am going to start doing a few of those for selected girlfriends this weekend, as soon as my exam on Friday has been passed (hopefully successfully ).

I also fell in love with this bag by A Mingled Yarn, that’s originally a diaper bag but will be adapted to work as a map / book bag for me to take all my stuff to university with me:

Diaper Bag

And someone will also be presented with fabric covered magnets by jcaroline creative! as a christmas gift. Aren’t they just gorgeous:

Fabric Covered Magnets

Oh, and I really have to go to a jumble sale. I need album cover sleeves for this great organizing idea:

Album Cover Wall Organizer

And to satisfy all cravings for sweets, I’ll try out these great sounding cookies by have cake, will travel!. Hopefully it will not a ‘frustration feast’ after my exam…
Don’t they just sound great: White Chocolate Lime Cookies!

White Chocolate Lime Cookies

So, have a great second part of the week!