crafty for christmas 2008

poohzee

Great thanks for that sammy_kaye18

poohzee

eek! Was looking on the fleece website and found this fabby fleec and its only £1.99 a metre!
http://www.abakhan-onlineshop.co.uk/acatalog/Print_Micro_Fleece.html

rainmac

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

our dunelm mill sells it for £4.99 metre plain and a bit more for patterned but it is really wide double width i think over 2 metres anyway

I bought navy to make all my pram blankets (DS now 7)i just cut it and used a long zig-zag stitch to catch the hem ....................my point is they still look like new no fraying or anything .

Grandad has one for his afternoon snooze and we have some for "poorly blankets" when kids are ill

I am decorating the 7 yr olds room soon and they do camoflage too thinking of doing reversible quilt covers with it



Shaz

Shaz, never thought of Dunn Elm, there's one nearish here so will go and have a look, thank you!

Sethsgran, thanks for the link, off to have a browse now...:D

soblivion

Don't forget Ikea for fleece throws.
this one is blue at £1.59. http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/00070489 I also got white, red, black. Sure there was other colours too. I know it's only plain but you could do one of each colour front and back. At £3.18 per blanket it has to be worth thinking about?

RustyFlange

soblivion wrote: »

Don't forget Ikea for fleece throws.
this one is blue at £1.59. http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/00070489 I also got white, red, black. Sure there was other colours too. I know it's only plain but you could do one of each colour front and back. At £3.18 per blanket it has to be worth thinking about?

These blankets whilst being cheap do show they are cheap. They are not very thick, however they do wash well and are quite big! .... We have one which we use as a floor mat, basically we put one of 2 down every morning and put the little ones toys on, just gives the carpet a bit of protection from juice being dripped, baby sick, food being trodden in etc.

rainmac

RustyFlange wrote: »

These blankets whilst being cheap do show they are cheap. They are not very thick, however they do wash well and are quite big! .... We have one which we use as a floor mat, basically we put one of 2 down every morning and put the little ones toys on, just gives the carpet a bit of protection from juice being dripped, baby sick, food being trodden in etc.

We used to do that with DS1, standards slipped with DS2 and as a result our carpet in the living room is wrecked!

RustyFlange

rainmac wrote: »

We used to do that with DS1, standards slipped with DS2 and as a result our carpet in the living room is wrecked!

My first I didn't bother with ... had the whole attitude that kids make mess and I can clean it up later ... but since moving in with my OH he is very fussy .... Can you tell he is a first time dad!

polly1976

Hi all ive decided to join in if thats ok? i make cards so all my cards will be handmade this year and ive decides to do a couple of gift baskets 1 for my mil and 1 for my aunty i went to a boot sale yesterday and got 2 large baskets for 80p each i think they are made for flowers but no 1 will know :rotfl: also ive made a exploding box i just have to fill it with pics and decorate it thats for my mils birthday which is just b4 xmas i will post pics when all my goodies are finished.

rainmac

polly1976 wrote: »

Hi all ive decided to join in if thats ok? i make cards so all my cards will be handmade this year and ive decides to do a couple of gift baskets 1 for my mil and 1 for my aunty i went to a boot sale yesterday and got 2 large baskets for 80p each i think they are made for flowers but no 1 will know :rotfl: also ive made a exploding box i just have to fill it with pics and decorate it thats for my mils birthday which is just b4 xmas i will post pics when all my goodies are finished.

Excellent polly, come and join the madness :rotfl:

Forgot to say, can't wait to see your exploding box!

Siren137

See I should never on here...now I want to make fleece blankets as well!! Great...you folks have a lot to answer for hehe.

Got my Eddy canvas its 45cm by 61cm and cost £6. I showed my family the picture and they were impressed so I've just got to paint him on it now!! Althoguh whebn I will get it done I really don't know hehe.