Crafting for gifts-2009

mary43

sian - I love 'em too .............we've got five -not huge ones but big enough for me and I normally manage to find something, Got to get my skates on for a birthday pressie 4th Feb :eek: Bloke whos hard to buy for -even his wife hasn''t a clue what to get him............might give her a ring at the weekend a see if she's had any ideas.
He had bits of nonsense and a retro sweet box at christmas so I feel I ought to get him something he might need this time.

sethsgran

craftlady wrote: »

sethsgran - I love those dolls. I emailed AKTraditions last week to see if the sell the patterns as a download but didn't even get a reply. Went to a creative crafts and stitching show last week hoping to see them but I was disappointed again. Just seems a waste having to have a kit posted half way round the world.

Sorry you didn't have any success with your email to AK traditions I was fortunate to receive a reply within 24hrs. Check your pm for a contact email address

rainmac

I made this felt heart for OH as part of his Valentine's pressie...



I found a heart shape in Word and enlarged it to the size I wanted, printed and cut it out and then used that to cut two pieces of red felt. I used some wadding sandwiched in-between the two pieces and blanket-stitched round the edge and added a piece of ribbon to hang it. What do you think? It is my first attempt at anything like this so I'm quite happy with it but can see flaws with my stitching in the pic - will try and improve so I can make some felt Xmas tree decs this year

bunbun2

rainmac wrote: »

I made this felt heart for OH as part of his Valentine's pressie...



I found a heart shape in Word and enlarged it to the size I wanted, printed and cut it out and then used that to cut two pieces of red felt. I used some wadding sandwiched in-between the two pieces and blanket-stitched round the edge and added a piece of ribbon to hang it. What do you think? It is my first attempt at anything like this so I'm quite happy with it but can see flaws with my stitching in the pic - will try and improve so I can make some felt Xmas tree decs this year

rainmac that is fab:T is there anything you can't do?:rotfl:

JailhouseBabe

bunbun2 wrote: »

rainmac that is fab:T is there anything you can't do?:rotfl:

Exactly what I was just thinking! Everything you do rainmac seems to turn out perfectly - cards, scrapbooking, sewing, nappy cakes (what have I missed? :rolleyes:).

Particularly liked the nappy cake x

mary43

rainmac - that;s brilliant -what else will you do next.........:j

(goes back to corner with crumpled card, prit stick and bedraggled bits of ribbon...............:wall: )

rainmac

bunbun2 wrote: »

rainmac that is fab:T is there anything you can't do?:rotfl:

Loads and loads of stuff I can't do - where shall I start. I obviously donlt post any of my muck ups on here but rest assured there are plenty

I didn't know how to blanket stitch but found this via google and found out it's dead easy...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJht13Bcw-U

I wanted chunky stitching so used 6 strands of embroidery thread.

rainmac

mary43 wrote: »

rainmac - that;s brilliant -what else will you do next.........:j

(goes back to corner with crumpled card, prit stick and bedraggled bits of ribbon...............:wall: )

We've all seen your door hangers now so we know what a fab crafter you are. I thought of trying a heart as I'd bought red and green felt from Hobbycraft and never got round to making the Xmas tree decorations I wanted to.

rainmac

JailhouseBabe wrote: »

Exactly what I was just thinking! Everything you do rainmac seems to turn out perfectly - cards, scrapbooking, sewing, nappy cakes (what have I missed? :rolleyes:).

Particularly liked the nappy cake x

You should have been in my house earlier when I served up chicken chow mein, didn't look anything like the recipe picture :rotfl:

mary43

rainmac - I've a list so long I don't know where to start..........even found some flannels from last year in a carrier bag I'd forgotten about.........house disorganised as is my poor old brain............lol

And you've never seen anything like my cooking...............lol -thats why OH does it............the survival instinct in him........lol