Every year I make Christmas Pins to give away to the lovely ladies at our Christmas Party and as a thank you to the staff of Spotlight and Savers for their great service and to show my appreciation. This year I have designed a Christmas Pudding Pin. I am planning on making 50.
1. I used a lid of a jam jar for the back and front of the pudding in brown felt. Cut out 2 pieces.
2. Draw the same shape out again and this time to make the top just make a way line and cut it off. You need 1 piece for the front in white felt. Blanket stitch this to one of the brown felt pieces.
3. This is a smaller cardboard disk that will be between the stuffing in the front and the felt back piece to make it flat on the back for the pin to be sewn on.
4. Holly leaves. Cut 2 on green felt. Stitch a line up the centre 3/4s of the way to give it dimension.
5. Stuffing for the front of the pudding to give it a pleasing shape.
6. 2 buttons for berries.
7. Place the back and the front of the pudding together sandwiching the stuffing and smaller cardboard disk in between and blanket stitch the pieces together all the way around using thread to match the felt used.
8. Pin the holly in place and sew them on at the same time as the berry buttons.
9. Lastly, sew the brooch pin to the back.
10. They would also make great gift tags or Christmas tree decorations. I hope this inspires you to make your own.
This is what i have been working on the last 2 days. (With Meggie helping!)
The grade has been busy working on a caricature of themselves and I have sewn them onto a blanket i bought from Savers and using stuff from my stash, buttons, braids ribbons and zips have them all framed. This is ready for the class of 2011 graduation and will be hanging in the Art Room.
These pin cushions are made of pure wool blanketing and felt shapes blanket stitched onto them. with Christmassy fabric strips. Pudding pins and Fat 3/4s for the lovely ladies at Spotlight and Savers this year, I have about 8 more to make. I will go and hand them to the staff and wish them a very Merry Christmas some time next week.
Tilli getting into the spirit of things, The cats Just LOVE paper.
This lovely pack of 50 candy canes are just the right size for the table top tree decorations and the last finishing touch I needed.
Bead wire and button tree top decoration.
Double button baubles.
Soft sculpture polar fleece snowmen. Two to a tree. The tree is a limb of our Christmas tree and sewn onto the backs of the snowmen.
Snow men are sewn back to back.
I have made 6 of these groups of snowmen and tree table decoration sets. I have 6 Christmas wicker baskets that will have fruit in them, one will have apples, another pears, another oranges etc.
Yesterday I made this simple felt and button bird ornament for a Christmas Tree Decoration Swap we are having at the Christmas Party next month at A.C.D.A.
