Crafting with the Embroiderers' Guild

At our final Embroiderers' Guild meeting of the year we enjoyed a whole day of crafting.

In the morning Hilary showed us how to make felted bowls. Using merino wool tops and olive oil soap, along with some very hi-tech equipment including bubble wrap, a towel and a sandwich bag, we carefully crafted our vessels by layering the fibres then rubbing them all together. We could have gone on for hours! I made an extra one at home and decorated them with buttons and beads.

And in the afternoon Judith got us making some felt decorations. You can probably guess my favourite colours given that I did both projects in them! Very predictable!

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Another Christmas tree decoration

Just stopping by for a quickie today - another Christmas tree decoration.



This time I used the Stampin' Up! Candy Cane Christmas fabric and decorated with sequins and beads.



Don't forget the FREE tutorial is over there >>>

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Japanese folded fabric Christmas tree tutorial

If you would like to make your very own Japanese folded fabric Christmas tree decoration I have put together a tutorial with all the instructions.

You can find it here ... Japanese folded fabric Christmas tree tutorial and there is also a permanent link in the menu bar over there >>>

Please come back and let me know how you get on! And if you have any problems just get in touch.

Happy crafting!

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Stampin' Up! training with Julie's Jems - Fabric Christmas tree

Yesterday it was my SU mummy's all-day training session, so I spent a fantastic few hours getting my craft on with some great friends.

Julie had asked me to do a section using the new Stampin' Up! fabric so I got to share my love of sewing and show some projects that I have been making recently.

The one that got the most "oooohs" and "ahhhs" was this fabric Christmas tree made using a Japanese folded patchwork technique.



I was shown how to make this by some of my good friends at the WI, and I knew the Deck The Halls fabric would be just perfect.



It's nowhere near as complex to make as it looks - it boils down to ten fabric triangles folded like origami then stitched together.



Finish with some buttons, a pot and a loop of ribbon and it's ready to hang on the wall!



By popular demand, I will be putting together a tutorial on how to make this in the next few days, so watch this space!

Finally, here is the yummy cupcake I had after our lunch!

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