I am making today some paper decorations using old Christmas cards and old cheap ones we have not used. These can either be put onto string and make a garland or a loop added to hang on a tree. What you need per decoration, 5 circles folded in half with picture side inside. craft glue. glue white side glue sides together and you end up with a ball.
This Years Christmas Wreath.
Table top decorations. Making good use of the felt.
Place settings.
Meggie, about to fall asleep.
The 8 teachers capes are all finished. Two of each colour with their house letters on the back. I chose a font from the computer called Yearbook and enlarged it by 800%. Two in blue.
Two in green.
Two in red.
And two in yellow. They are in two kinds of fabric, the black background is from a wool coat, ironed onto a heavy iron on interfacing, then the top colour was done in felt and sewn onto the black, then the black was sewn onto the cape. except the blue was done in cotton drill because that is what i had. The neck draw string is an artificial leather which i unraveled from a braided belt from Savers.
Work in Progress, Super Hero Teachers. I am in the middle of making 8 capes and headbands, two of each in the house colours for teachers. I will be appliqueing house letters on the back of each one. I think ALL teachers are Super Heroes.
Just starting to get the decorations out, Love this shot of Meggie, something has caught her eye!
This is my first knitting from the book i told you about, Finished it this morning.
This is this years line up for the K Mart Wishing Tree, all done and delivered. 1 knitted blue elephant, a dolphin, a giraffe, 4 bears, a doll, 8 cupcakes and stand, 23 make-up bag sets, 9 notebook pencil sets and a snowman. All were warmly received, and they remembered me from last year too, so that was nice!
I just have to share with you today my latest purchase. Knitted Wild Animals by Sarah Keene. I bought my copy from Lincraft for $30.00 which makes it very good value at $2.00 a pattern and all the animals are lovely. A delightful collection of 15 knitted animals in 8 ply yarn, my favourite weight. I could not wait to get started. If you like knitting/making toys then i can highly recommend it. it is well written and has wonderful pictures both the front and back view of all the animals.
