We finally got our last Christmas in this past weekend! As well as a first Birthday party for a certain special little guy. It was quite a busy and very fun day...
Anyway here is some of the stuff I made as Christmas gifts...
I made about 5 of these flowers for the females on my gift list. These were pretty fun to make! I followed this tutorial. The goal was to use stuff I already had. I didn't have embroidery floss like they had in the tutorial, but I did have beads and floral wire! I just did a little zig-zag in the centers with my sewing machine and then hand sewed the beaded wire flowers down. I did buy a pack of assorted metal pin backs, clips, and bobby pins that I sewed onto the backs as well.
More beads! These beads were all leftover from my wedding DIY stash. I had bought a veil from Hobby Lobby and hand sewed beads all along the edges. It had 2 layers and it took me forever! (Now I know why beaded veils are so expensive to buy!) Anyway, these were easy to do as well. Just string a bunch of beads onto a wire and then give it 1-2-3 twists at each point. I used floral wire, but I would recommend a thicker gauge wire because they are pretty flimsy. I used these to decorate the outside of my wrapped gifts. They would make good tree ornaments too.
And here's a pillow I quilted up. While I was making this table runner, I used some Christmas scraps to help figure out the size of dresdens I wanted. And here they are now on a pillow. I knew they would come in handy someday!
This is the back, and before hand stitching it closed.
Stay tuned for more of my handmade gifts!
(I've been busy!)
The flowers and beaded snowflakes are even more awesome in real life! Thanks, Jenny!
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