Finishing Up Some Christmas Gifts

I finally finished sewing up some Christmas gifts this morning. They will be in the mail first thing Monday morning...Yay! I always have visions of grandure...planning all these handcrafted gifts for everyone in my family....and I have a large family. It never seems to work out that way, but I manage to make enough, at least, for the little ones.

I finished up this Scrabble board last week. I made one with large (inexpensive) magnets and one with teeny tiny expensive magnets. I definitely prefer the smaller magnets, however, it cost $10 for 100 magnets and in addition to the sheet metal, scrabble tiles and frame, it turned out to be a pricey gift. Either way I love them both and I believe their recipients will love them too. The intention is to hang this on the wall and play a continual "words with friends". I'll be making one for our family after the first of the year.

The other gift I have to share are some drawstring bags with an appliqued letter. These are for my nieces and nephew. They turned out really nice. Simple enough, but something I'm sure they will get a lot of use out of.

The outer fabric is a pinstriped denim and the lining is a quilters cotton. I just kinda threw them together. Cut the sizes that looked right. I believe the casing for the drawstring was 2" and the drawstring itself was 1.5" (folded 4 times with raw edges inside). I can create a tutorial if you're all interested...but after the holiday season. Like always, feel free to ask if you have any questions. I'd be happy to share.

xo
Krista

Break Free Linen Pillow

I've been busy. So many Christmas gifts to make...and I can't blog about most of them...we don't want to ruin the surprise. Once the holidays are over, I'll share all my little goodies with you.

Until then, I'll share my pillows with you. My ETSY shop is running low and I needed to stock up. So, I made a few of my ever popular Break Free Linen Pillows.

Etsy Listing

Etsy Listing

The pillows are appliqued on and sewn for added stability...the "break free" is done freehand. I also made this little number....She matches my chair I reupholstered earlier this year...and my curtains..I love this fabric. It's such a beautiful linen I've made myself a small change purse and a large slouchy tote....Can't get enough so I thought I'd share some with you....

Etsy Listing

I want to make some more items for my shop. It's so tough, this time of year, balancing projects for my shop and projects for Christmas.

I'm currently working on this Magnetic Scrabble board I found on Pintrest at The Twice Remembered Cottage What an AWESOME idea. She did such a great job and used almost 400 tiles!!! Hopefully I'll have mine finished and ready for a post tomorrow :)

xo
Krista

An Apron for Christmas

I've been busy working on some Christmas gifts and, because my family loves me and reads my blog often, I can't publish any post about them until after the holidays. I can share some other things I've been working on though.

One is an apron I've made for a family member for Christmas. I can only blog about it because she is probably more occupied with her boyfriend and college than the is her sister's blog. She just got a new job in a deli. Her clothes get wet while washing dishes and needs an apron that will keep her dry.

The apron I made for her didn't quite turn out the way I imagined but, hopefully, it will do. I made a detachable milkmaid-type apron in the front. I used what fabric I had on hand. I had purchased some iron on vinyl a while back and used that as well (for the first time!). Let me be the first to tell you that it is not east to work with and it's only 20 or 22" wide so you're limited to what you can do...but the end product is similar to oilcloth...sorta. Anyway, here are some pics of the apron.

with the milkmaid apron

without the milkmaid apron

backside of apron

Enjoy!
xo
krista