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Holiday Gifts and Ornaments
These are some fun ornaments 
and accessories that I’ve done in prior years. I’m trying to decide on a couple of favorites to concentrate on this year. I will keep some for our own decorating and gift or sell the others.
This snowman was a lot of fun to do. It is free standing lace sewn with a digitized pattern. The snowflakes and bookmarks are all pretty much done using the same method.
The sewing is done directly on a hooped piece of water soluble stabilizer. After I sew the piece I rinse out the stabilizer and allow it to dry. I don’t wash ALL the stabilizer out; I leave some in to give the ornament added body. Then the real fun begins – to make each ornament unique and add some bling. I do this in a variety of ways; add ornament hangers using ribbons or decorative cords; add sparkle with Swarovski heat set crystals. On occasion I might even add some painted decoration.
June Haiku Art: Waterfalls
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My theme for this month seems to be “change” – new directions, new resolve, fresh ideas.
I first thought that I would have to take a pass on the June Haiku project – so much else going on this month. But when presented with the prompt word: Waterways – I knew that I’d have to do something. The Haiku came pretty easily. Having grown up on the Great Lakes and steeped in the history and lore of the St. Lawrence Seaway I immediately thought of Niagara Falls. And a more recent Falls discovery – Minnehaha Falls.
Minnehaha Falls, Minneapolis, MN
I am currently working on a couple of water related quilt art projects and did not want to start another one right now. So I turned to another art form and designed and made Waterfall earrings. Our Haiku Art project can be in whatever form we wish.
Waterfalls the Haiku
cascading splendor
mists rising torrents swirling
mighty falls thunder
and the Art
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Swarovski Crystals and Sterling Silver
Holiday Projects – Green Sewing
Our kids in Minneapolis use only cloth napkins and I sewed a set of 6 colorful patchwork napkins for them. I lined them and used a pillowcase finish. I didn’t think the fabric had enough body to just give them a rolled hem.
Aren’t they pretty?
I love the look of beautifully wrapped gifts but it always gives me a twinge when I see those gorgeous wrappings ripped off and thrown in the garbage. So I decided to make some reusable gift bags. I made a few little triangular shaped pouches and several larger drawstring bags. I expect that the bags will be put to good use – even if it’s just to pass along with a gift to someone else. I did some with holiday themed fabric and some that weren’t. Then they can be used year round.
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| I saw the pattern for this online a few months back and haven’t been able to find it again. If I do I’ll be sure to give proper attribution. |
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| I hope that my little great niece will like this bag as much as the gift inside |
I have no particular pattern for these – pretty much custom made them to size considering the gift that was to go inside.
What’s Been Keeping Me Busy
Happy Holidays everybody! I hope you all are having a good relaxing day – We’ve been on the go most of the month and it’s great to be able to kick back today.
We spent some time visiting our son and his family in Minneapolis. As usual it was wonderful – especially getting to spend some time with our granddaughters. We even had a couple of bonus days because of the BIG SNOW! It was such a heavy snow that they even closed the Mall of America – on a Saturday afternoon 2 weeks before Christmas! And they closed the Minneapolis public schools for a couple of days – unheard of!
Well I got SOME of my special projects finished in time for the holidays-
A while back I may have mentioned that I was knitting fingerless gloves for my daughter-in-law. Well, I’ve been knitting for many years and have done some complicated patterns but have never done gloves before . All those fingers! She wanted them to come up to her elbows – (remember – they live in Minnesota)
Well, they’re not works of art but they’re snugly and they’re DONE!
Projects Completed Recently
So here we are halfway through January and I feel halfway recovered from the holidays. Actually I’m pretty much caught up except I started to really clean my home office (translation = throw out junk) and it looks messier than ever. I picked up a couple of wheeled carts from Staples and they are proving to be very useful for storing all my specialty papers, labels etc.
OK, so here’s how I did on the holiday sewing/knitting prep. Most of the sewing got done; very little of the knitting. The cute hat for my great niece was finished but I did something weird and it’s not getting on anybody’s head – very tight carryover of color change yarn I think.
This is the tote bag that I made for Grandma Betty’s caregiver.
I’ll post photos of some of the other completed projects.
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