Sunday Crafting

Well we are at it again.  After 2 long hours in Hancock Fabrics and Joann's fabrics, we started crafting.  We still had Brody and Levi's shirts to make for Thanksgiving and since they were leaving in just a week for a long trip from SC to Michigan we made cute little Fleece car blankets for them.  They absolutely loved them. 


Brody is a teen age mutant ninja turtle fan so of course his was....

Teen Aged Mutant Ninja Turtles!!!!

 

Levi's we made a plaid (Daddy loves Plaid) with a soft minky on the back.  He loved the soft material.




 









We also made Brody and Levi Turkey shirts for their Thanksgiving at Grandma's house.








I also accomplished 2 beanies.  One for my grandson and one for a gift that Kate wants to give.




















And, keeping with my burlap theme.... Kate made me the cutest burlap wreath. And, I got creative and tried to make some burlap rosettes!  First try was not so good, but I will try again.

All in All we were able to accomplish lots of things we had been looking forward to.  We have so many more ideas!  One idea is my new stockings.  I have 11 new ones to make and I'm so excited.  Keep watching I'm sure you will enjoy the pics.

 

Burlap Christmas Stockings

Amongst the list of things I want to make for myself for this holiday season; my friend asked me to make her and her family some stockings out of burlap.  Of course I said yes... now I just needed to think really hard about how I was going to make them!  I have made stockings before... not that great , but I have never made a stocking out of burlap before so to make it for someone else was a little unnerving.  But, as it turns out there are bunches of tutorials out there! Gosh, how I love Pinterest!  

My firend's gorgeous mantel displaying the stocking I made for her.  I think they are gorgeous with her beautiful Christmas decoaration.

And now for the first time on my blog I am going to try and walk you through making one like I did. Please bear with me I have never done this before, but I really want to start sharing crafts and the How Tos!

Materials:

1/2 yard Burlap
1/4 yard of cotton Plaid (or choice of fabric)
1 yard lightweight interfacing

Here is the pattern template

I started with burlap, a lightweight interfacing.   I cut two pieces of  the interfacing in opposite directions from pattern.

I then fused the interfacing onto the burlap.  Cut out two pieces of Burlap leaving a seam allowance. (You’ll be sewing along the edge of the interfacing.) You should have two pieces that look like this:

The next thing is to STOP NOW if you want to monogram.  Otherwise, once you’ve monogrammed/embellished/whatever your stocking, put burlap sides together. Sew leaving a seam allowance.  Turn inside out. Press Burlap stocking now using a cloth between iron and stocking. It should look like a burlap stocking now! 

Now is the time to add your cuff if you like.  For the cuff you need to cut a 11” x 14” section from fabric for cuff.  Or double the width of your finished stocking and add for seam allowance when you sew the short sides together. I added about 3/4" to 1".  Add interfacing to one half of the fabric and fold down. Note: (Now would be a good time to monogram or embellish cuff before sewing along short sides). Sew along short sides.

This should make a tube that looks like this:

 

Place cuff – right sides out into stocking. Pin to top edge of stocking with unfinished edge matching top of stocking. Sew these two together at top and press seams open. 

Pull cuff out, up, and over top edge of stocking. Press with iron using a cloth between your stocking and the iron. 

Voila! You just made a Christmas stocking to be proud of. 

Christmas Countdown

I am creating this blog as a Challenge to myself to see how many of these adorable projects that I want to do and see if I will really attempt and complete these  before Christmas gets here.

After perusing Pinterest for hours!   You know you do it too!  How can you not spend hours on Pinterest?  Anyway, I found soo many things I would like to make for the Holiday Season.  All the cute Thanksgiving items and Christmas being right around the corner makes me so anxious to get started. 









A sweet friend asked me to do some stockings for her and her lovely family and after lots of research I think I have found the ones I want to tackle. I am hoping they turn out as cute as these are.

If you would like to try them click on the link Burlap and Plaid stockings from Confessions of a Plate Addict. They are so cute and I intend to monogram their initials on them.

Cute little Burlap bags maybe for my grandson's teachers' gifts.  Yes!  I have gone a little burlap mad this year.  I am so in love with the old fashioned look and feel of burlap.  Go over to  Tater Tots and Jello blog spot for the tutorial Burlap bags.















I just love love this wreath.  It would be gorgeous on my front door.  It has the rustic vintage look I am going for this year. And, it is Burlap!  Check out the other ones on this site.  They are gorgeous! Burlap Wreath Created Twists Blog spot.  If I can't make this one I can always order one here.












I really want to do a flag similar to this one and add my house number on it instead of the est. number.  I have made several flags, but not one for my self.  Maybe I could use fabric to match the door wreath and add a bow.  I am loving the burlap theme.  Can you tell?





This is the cutest little tree I have ever seen and yes is keeping with my Burlap theme this year. 
Great tutorial here Burlap Christmas Tree

Craft Mania

Every Sunday we get together as a family and have dinner.  Good "ole fashion" dinner at Grandma's house.  A complete home cooked meal.  We try to spend one day together as a family despite our busy weekly schedules.  I must admit I love it.  This past Sunday the girls and I dove into crafts.  We spent the entire day working on Kate's list of "wanna dos"!


For thanksgiving gifts for Brody's teacher we made candy jars with embroidered labels on them.  I think they turned out really cute.  I had not tried the "in the hoop" patterns before and I must admit they are addictive.  I want to make more!!  Maybe, I will do some in Christmas designs for gifts. 




Another on her list of to dos was gifts to take to Michigan for Thanksgiving.  So, we made some garden flags for Matt's mom and sister in law.  I must admit I am having fun making these.  They are so easy and so cute to do.  The imagination runs wild with these.  Plan on seeing more flags to come!
I really wish I could do larger than 5 X 7 on my embroidery machine, but alas I will just have to design around that.  I think these turned out cute. 

We stayed in the craft room pretty much all day, with the exception of the time we took to eat dinner and then back in there we went.  Kate was having so much fun that she was asking the question "What can we make now?".   I knew the crafting bug would hit her eventually.  It happens to the best of us! .  She decided she wanted to make a Clemson shirt for Brody and I let her go completely on her own.  She did this entire shirt all by herself with no help from Mom.  I am thoroughly impressed.  It is definitely better than my first project and boy was Brody excited!

Very crafty Halloween

Well, I must say I think my girls are getting into the whole craft craze.  It's so funny to see necessity force you to do something that eventually turns into a hobby you enjoy.  My oldest has always been a crafty, artsy person and even graduated college with an Art degree, but my middle child never had time for artsy stuff.  That is, until her boys were born and now she has discovered how much fun it can be and how happy it makes her boys.












This Halloween both girls met at my house and I came home from work to find them engulfed in fabric, thread and sewing machines.  They were having so much fun.  And, the best part about all this crafting, laughing and total disaster of my craft room resulted in the cutest costumes and Halloween bags for my two grandsons.

And, of course Mimi and Papa enjoyed being able to trick or treat with them! What cuties they are!