Its Christmas time and this year I'm having a stab at making a few of my own Christmas decorations.
I started with some Christmas bunting with some polyester red ribbon and some Christmas material. I cut out lots of triangles with pinking sheers and sowed the triangles on to the ribbon on my sewing machine.
At sewing class our teacher showed us how to do stuffed decorations with stuffing, some Christmas fabric and a little bit of ribbon. It was so easy that I was inspired to draw my own stencils and make some more decorations for our tree.
I thought it would be nice to scent the stuffing so some have spiced apple, others have ginger bread and spiced orange.
I was on a roll with these so I made one that can be used after Christmas is over too, scented with lavender. Even though it wasn't with Christmas fabric it does look amazing in the tree.
I think these would look great in all the off cut fabric you can end up with in your rag bag, maybe even a different fabric pattern on each side.
All you need to make stuffed Christmas decorations is a bag of stuffing (I got mine from Birmingham's fantastic rag market), some fabric and some ribbon.
Have fun making Christmas decorations! I wish I'd made these with children.
I started with some Christmas bunting with some polyester red ribbon and some Christmas material. I cut out lots of triangles with pinking sheers and sowed the triangles on to the ribbon on my sewing machine.
I was on a roll with these so I made one that can be used after Christmas is over too, scented with lavender. Even though it wasn't with Christmas fabric it does look amazing in the tree.
I think these would look great in all the off cut fabric you can end up with in your rag bag, maybe even a different fabric pattern on each side.
All you need to make stuffed Christmas decorations is a bag of stuffing (I got mine from Birmingham's fantastic rag market), some fabric and some ribbon.
Have fun making Christmas decorations! I wish I'd made these with children.
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