I know, I know - christmas decorations are so last year! But I couldn't show them last year because it would have ruined the surprise for the recipients. So! I had this old coat, that I loved but had been ravished by moths or silverfish or something hungry. A beautiful, red woollen Table 8 coat. Fucking insects.
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| You can only see the larger holes in this photo. Poor lovely coat. |
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Cutting the coat into circles was hard, but better than throwing it away.
It did feel good to be able to use the lovely wool. |
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| Cutting matching circles of contrasting/complimentary material. |
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| Sewing the circles wrong side togethor & stuffing with cotton wool. I only blanket stitched this material set due to time considerations, everything else was a simple running stitch, using embroidery floss. |
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| After I had stitched the circles closed I realised it would have been a good idea to add the ribbon hangers beforehand. So I tied/stitched the ribbon to a match stick & pushed it inbetween the stitches. Good Save! |
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| 4 Sets of christmas decorations, almost finished.. |
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| I printed 4 sets of photos of the BC Family on photo paper, cut to size, & glued onto slightly larger felt circles. |
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Voila! A set of family photo christmas decorations.
Please note I do not condone the use of plastic christmas trees. |
I made a set for my parents, a set for Cheryl Ann, a set for a dear aunt & uncle who I hardly see anymore, & a set for the inlaws. Actually, I made a few extra of each set to make up a mixed bag set for us as well. They looked quite nice on the actual tree, mixed in with all of the other decorations - not toooo much like a primary school craft project.
Also, & I can't believe there is no photo of this, I made my mother a bottle of Rhubarb Schnapps. She adores rhubarb but my father despises it, so it's not something she would buy for herself.
- Empty a litre of vodka into a large jar (or 2, if needed)
- Add 300g of castor sugar
- Add a large bunch of rhubarb stalks, finely chopped.
- Leave on your kitchen counter, & shake every day for about 6 weeks.
- Strain into a beautiful glass bottle
- Make a fancy vintage label using a download from The Graphics Fairy
- Admire your beautiful handiwork - the ruby coloured schnapps glinting in its beautiful bottle, the custom label looking amazing, personalised fine print wishing a merry christmas.
- Forget to take a photo!
Mrs BC
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