Gift tags

Decided for the January Rudy day to make my Christmas gift tags. 

I used left over card stock for the base of the tags. After going through my supplies etc while straighten up my craft room I found some odd and ends in stickers, along with bits and pieces of cardstock/paper. So by making the tags I have cleared out those little bits and got a Christmas item off my todo list

Below is just a few of them. 

Note to myself the tags have been put in the cookie christmas tin in the gift tote.

Split Strips shawl

At the knit fair last September I found this booth  Songbird yarn and fibres that had this shawl hanging on their wall in blue and yellow. However this orange shade at their booth ready popped out to me so that is what I when with. 

I used their yarn in  Fire from their solid shades(2 hanks) and Great Blue Heron(1 hank) from their bird yarn. The owner dyes  her yarn in bird colours with a few solids to go with the bird yarn. She also donates a portion of the yarn price to Bird Studies Canada

The shawl pattern is called Split Stripes by Sue Kay Knits and is a free pattern on Revelry  

Totes and cards

I decided to make totes as part of my DD's birthdays this year.

The back one is fully open and the front one is closed. The fabric used for the front/back on one is used as the sides for the other.

I found the pattern for them while in the states last summer at Walmart. Have not found it here in Canada yet but if I did most likely would be about $15. here

They do need to have a final touch up with the iron but since they are going into the gift closet till July and December I figured I would wait till ready to give them before doing so.

                                       I made some birthday cards for my DH, FIl and SIL.
The little envelope on the card contains little card fronts that have Happy Birthday emboss on them.

placemats and a hat

 So my youngest DD asked me to make her some placemats to go with some she already had. The first picture is of the original ones she got years ago and below it are the new ones I made to go with them. She asked that I try and use the same colour combo and as close to the original as I could. I used the top one as a guide for colours, size and pattern.

                               From the left over fabric I made her a table (runner) topper. Using the main fabric    for the mats as the backing.

This hat is a kit from Lionbrand. Pattern is called the horizons beanie. The hat band is double and knitted together before starting the stripesYarn is LB collection chainette yarn . Two balls of the pink and one of the cream. Came with enough yarn for a child and adult hat. I made the adult for me and will make the child one at a later time and donate to the mitten tree.

Some more small crafting items

My daughter likes these flannel hand  warmers so I made another pair for her to stick in her Birthday gift. I fussy cut the fabric so that I could get a fox in the centre of the warmers. Had to be careful doing so as I was cutting them from scraps of fabric left over from DGD nightgown. 

Below on the left is the little pkg I came up with for the bookmarks I made for my grandchildren out of animal buttons I found in my sewing area. Still can't remember were I purchased them or why but since the DGC are all into books though this would be a perfect way to use them.

In the centre is one of the Christmas gift card holders I made and on the right is one for my DD December birthday.

Below is a picture of the small gift boxe(s) needed for DD birthday and the bath tea I made for some gifts. They will be paired with some of the owls I made earlier.

 Happy to say that I am now finished with my Christmas crafting and will be working on a few things for me as time permits. Need to get busy with some Christmas decorating and baking.

dress up aprons

Below is pictures of the two dress up aprons I made for DGD along with the mermaid tail. I also made two very simple capes. One from the sparkly fabric used for the mermaid and the other from some red fabric trimmed in black binding.

The bow seen on the Snow-white apron is actually for DGD hair. The tail is just a tie on. 

A bunch of little things

Been busy making a bunch of little crafts. Mostly gifts and a item or two for me.

First off is a pair of Shirl's Mittlets for me made with Nirvana yarn. In a soft bluest-purple looking yarn(colour #72)which I combine with their white yarn. I made a little change to the pattern by adding a few more rows to the thumb and fingers length for a little more coverage. I also chose not to do the cable design on my pair.

Made a bunch of owls. Pattern is called Little Lark Lavender Sachet and can be found on gingermelondolls.blogs Posted on Sunday February 23, 2014. I made 9 total 3 of the pink and two each of the other three. They will be used for pkg toppers this Christmas. One will be for me.

I did make a little change in the order of putting them together--once the eyes were inserted but before they were locked into place I embroidery the lashes into place. Much easier to do so before than after as part of the lash stitches need to go under the actual eye. I used the same fabric on all the owls for their tummy. Rest of the owl is made with felt.

           
  I made some Christmas cards and a birthday card. Below are the two different cards I made.
The fox ones I found by a email sent to me from splitcoaststampers. The fox card design is by Gloria Plunkett. For the Christmas ones I used snowflake punches instead of flowers and than used the flowers for DD birthday card.

Once a month there is a knitting night at the local branch of our public library. At the last knitting night we made some stitch makers.

When looking through my sewing supplies to do a little mending I found some animal head buttons. Do not remember why I purchased them or where I purchased them. I most likely got them at the creative festival a few years back thinking they were cute. Someone posted on a forum I visit about making ribbon bookmarks. So I thought that I would turn the buttons into bookmarks for the grandchildren who are all book worms. Will stick them in with their Christmas gifts.

With the left over yarn from the shawl I made DD for her December birthday I made DD a pair of Shirl's Mittlets making them the same way as I did my pair. The cable pattern is actually part of the pattern that I didn't do on my pair. The wrist has a row of black yarn that was used as trim on the shawl. With the black yarn, shawl yarn and some wine colour yarn I had laying around I made the headband you see below. I plan to give it to DD as well. I used a pattern by Vanna White as a guide.