Having been given a jelly roll and a quilting book for Christmas 2010, there is no excuse not to get on with quiltmaking.

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Sunday, 10 November 2013

Christmas QAL! Nov pt5

I'm back from my race and have brought home with me my entrants' medal, a respectable time, and a ridiculous amount of Kingsbury Water Park's mud about my person.

That's all washed off in huge bubble bath, though, and I'm ready to sew - and this is where those lovely jingly bells come it!

I've been making some tree decorations for a stall at mum's church Christmas fete in a couple of weeks time, and they've turned out rather lovely so I think I may keep a few back!

So easy to make too - I took a charm pack of Christmas fabrics

Put two pieces together back to back sandwiching some fusible interfacing between them.




I quartered each square, they cut round the double sided little squares with pinking shears.





I put then together in pairs, with a piece of ribbon between them as a hanger, and zig-zagged on the machine along the diagonal






I curled the points together on each side and secured with a star and a bead, and put a bead and a bell on the bottom to finish.


14 comments:

  1. How clever. I bet they sell out fast.

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    1. Hope so, Sue - not sure about what to price them at for the stall.

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  2. These are very cute! I will have to show these to my SIL as she like to make these little ornie things.

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    1. I'd be delighted if she puts some together, Sharon.

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  3. Very clever. I agree with Sue - just the sort of thing which will sell very quickly at a Christmas fete.

    Did you invent them or find the idea somewhere online?

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    1. Thanks, Bilbo. They were the result of a brainstorm session with Rita, but she did say she thought she'd seen something like it on one of the creative channels.

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  4. Love them. It's a nice way to show off some of my favorite Christmas fabric. Thanks.

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    1. The beauty of these is that you can use up your Christmas scraps and oddments on them.

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  5. These are so sweet! I think they will be hot sellers and look so great in a group!

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    1. Thanks, Lesley - I hope they will sell well!

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  6. So lovely!
    Greetings from Finland! :)
    Ulla's Quilt World
    Hugs, Ulla

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    1. Thank you, Ulla - lovely to hear from you. :-)

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