Handmade Christmas

[MoBookworm1957]

Ya .found my quilt I gifted as a wedding gift, cut up in the dog beds. Never again will I spend my time effort and money to make handmade.

Sorry you had a horrid experience.
But I would rather have a homemade gift from my grandchildren than anything else.

 

[Patchouli]

Tatting! That’s what I was wondering too @MoBookworm1957 @Dani @LadyLocust i have several pieces my great aunts made, antiques by now, using the tatting. That would give me arthritis! Little tiny tool, tiny little string.
I’ve made a cloth doll for one of the grandkids and will not do that again.
Planning to make two small comforters for the littles.
Receiving handmade gifts always made me feel so honored. I’ve got a few things that were made for me that I’ll never part with.

 

[ButtercupKid]

I taught myself how to tat when I was in high school.

 

[Dani]

Tatting! That’s what I was wondering too @MoBookworm1957 @Dani @LadyLocust i have several pieces my great aunts made, antiques by now, using the tatting. That would give me arthritis! Little tiny tool, tiny little string.
I’ve made a cloth doll for one of the grandkids and will not do that again.
Planning to make two small comforters for the littles.
Receiving handmade gifts always made me feel so honored. I’ve got a few things that were made for me that I’ll never part with.

Tatting!! That's it!!

 

[Dani]

Tatting! That’s what I was wondering too @MoBookworm1957 @Dani @LadyLocust i have several pieces my great aunts made, antiques by now, using the tatting. That would give me arthritis! Little tiny tool, tiny little string.
I’ve made a cloth doll for one of the grandkids and will not do that again.
Planning to make two small comforters for the littles.
Receiving handmade gifts always made me feel so honored. I’ve got a few things that were made for me that I’ll never part with.

I inherited some string leftover from when Granny (my MIL) took care of Great Mother (Hunny's Grandma). In fact I have been using it to tie up tomaotes and pepper plants. Left it outside in a tub that apparently the wind blew over and my young "boys", 2 Akitas that turned 1 yesterday got ahold of and were playing with it this morning, scattering it all across my back yard. Yeah, good times.

 

[Frodo]

scrounge around and find an old leather belt, give it a little love using shoe polish

Cut a 10” strip and a 12” strip
You need some contact cement
On both strips, apply contact cement on the ends. Top of the 10”
Bottom of the 12”
Press pieces together


Should be shaped like this, This is scrape and is just to show shape

Buy 3 candles. Cut a hole center and half way to the ends on both sides

Insert candle

 

[Frodo]

wowser!

Have you guys noticed that there is some really serious talent on this forum?

Grimm your work is top shelf and Besutiful!!!

 

[Weedygarden]

I have had these done for years, and am thinking that this is what I want to do next, finish this set. I want to do one of each of the ornaments to begin with, but to do the numbers of each piece according to the song, such as eventually Five Gold Rings. I think if I set a goal of one a day, I can at least get the initial set done easily before Christmas. But I would love to have many pears!

I have the patterns for the pear and partridge and two French hens, but do not have the patterns and directions for the rest of them.

 

[Weedygarden]

 

[Frodo]

 

[Weedygarden]

I'm wanting to make some Christmas decorations, maybe just one thing. My thoughts include a table top beaded tree, a beaded table runner, some felt ornaments, something embroidered, a cross stitch piece or the wooden display tree that Grimm posted.

There is a 12 Days of Christmas set of patterns out there, ornaments made of felt. I have made the partridge, pear, and have started the two turtle doves.

Any ideas or suggestions out there?

I liked this beaded table runner that I saw at World Market last year. I can't find any patterns that are even close to it. I could draft my own pattern, but that adds a layer of work. This is the kind of thing I could work on while house sitting, but the 12 days of Christmas would be something I could do as well.

I bought the tree runner later last year.
I just found this idea, yes, the day after Christmas. If I were still teaching, this would be a great craft for children to do. It says to use cardboard boxes from things like crackers, cake mixes, whatever you have. I would want to do two and glue them or sew them back to back, put a hanger on them. You could keep a pattern for them and cut them out whenever you had a suitable box and save them until Christmas time to decorate, string up as a garland, or as an activity to do with some children.

"Here's a free and easy holiday DIY idea: gingerbread man blanks from food packaging/boxes
I printed out a gingerbread man outline, cut it out, traced it on to old food boxes and cut them out. They can now be decorated and used sooo many ways in holiday crafting.
This cost $0 and I just wanted to share the idea with y'all- sustainability first always."

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