Feb 7, 2008 | Christmas, sewing
I made these coasters for my Nutcracker-crazy MIL for Christmas this year. The reverse side is more fabric from my Christmas fabric stash. They are based on the ones in “Bend the Rules Sewing”, but I quilted them in a big “X” through the middle...
Jan 27, 2008 | Christmas, sewing, thrifting
These are two of this year’s Christmas gifts wrapped up in furoshiki cloths that I made from thrifted satin. I really like the double-knotted red one. All I wound up doing for these is cutting out the largest possible square from some item of satin clothing from...
Jan 13, 2008 | Christmas, sewing, thrifting
I can finally start to post all of my Christmas crafts! I found these trees on mollychicken and couldn’t resist making something very similar. I made these out of a semi-felted sweater I got at the Goodwill outlet. I couldn’t do the nice blanket stitching...