L-R, top to bottom:
Knitted cotton halter top (Ravelry link).
Wooden mushrooms and blocks, made by my FIL, and inspired by these. He made a box with a sliding lid to house them, and I painted "Gnome Village Blocks" on the sides. To the box I added two pieces of green 'grass' (upholstery fabric samples), a packet of dried flowers and three gnomes (from here) in a small wooden box ('house') I had in the cupboard.
Sunhat, using this pattern.
Embroidered cotton cushions; white satin stitch on white cotton fabric with braiding edge and floral backing.
Needle books, tutorial here.
Button hair clips = buttons sewn onto bobby pins.
Colouring in books, printed from here. Bound with sewing machine using a cardboard cover.
Sunhat #2, pattern as before.
Crochet flower brooches (Ravelry link).
Knitted cotton halter top (Ravelry link).
Wooden mushrooms and blocks, made by my FIL, and inspired by these. He made a box with a sliding lid to house them, and I painted "Gnome Village Blocks" on the sides. To the box I added two pieces of green 'grass' (upholstery fabric samples), a packet of dried flowers and three gnomes (from here) in a small wooden box ('house') I had in the cupboard.
Sunhat, using this pattern.
Embroidered cotton cushions; white satin stitch on white cotton fabric with braiding edge and floral backing.
Needle books, tutorial here.
Button hair clips = buttons sewn onto bobby pins.
Colouring in books, printed from here. Bound with sewing machine using a cardboard cover.
Sunhat #2, pattern as before.
Crochet flower brooches (Ravelry link).
L-R, top to bottom:
Crochet cotton halter top (Ravelry link).
Sunhat #3, pattern as above.
Indoor Hopscotch mat = appliqued squares & numbers on canvas with a non-slip carpet backing sewn onto it; inspired by this one and a painted one in Reader's Digest Back to Basics.
Felt bookmarks, pattern here.
Child's fold out picnic blanket/ tote bag for my niece, tutorial here. We gave her a wooden tea set to go with it.
Car "cozy" and Matchbox cars for my nephew, tutorial here.
Knitted summer halter top #2 (Ravelry link as above).
Bean bag toss game board, inspired by a Google image search; made by my FIL, painted by me. We use the bean bags I made for DD#2 last year, and the older kids use small balls (bouncing them off the ground first to make it harder).
Crochet cotton halter top (Ravelry link).
Sunhat #3, pattern as above.
Indoor Hopscotch mat = appliqued squares & numbers on canvas with a non-slip carpet backing sewn onto it; inspired by this one and a painted one in Reader's Digest Back to Basics.
Felt bookmarks, pattern here.
Child's fold out picnic blanket/ tote bag for my niece, tutorial here. We gave her a wooden tea set to go with it.
Car "cozy" and Matchbox cars for my nephew, tutorial here.
Knitted summer halter top #2 (Ravelry link as above).
Bean bag toss game board, inspired by a Google image search; made by my FIL, painted by me. We use the bean bags I made for DD#2 last year, and the older kids use small balls (bouncing them off the ground first to make it harder).
This year I'm going to have to get myself organised early - I have so many projects bookmarked, it will take me a few months :-)
Cheers,
14 comments:
I have complete admiration for you and your family - what special gifts and what talent. Very inspired. Thanks for sharing.
Alex
How Beautiful,
They are all items to be cherished.
Kind Regards
Belinda
Wow what great gifts! I am completely in love with the dinky toys carrier! Fabby fabby stuff! Laura x
Stunning. Clever. Thoughtful.
Wow! Great work!
What beautiful gifts Julie. I love love love the hats.
michelle
Absolutely LOVE these projects!! Would absolutely love to see the snakes and ladders game too!
Wow!!! I'm lost for words. So much TIME..EFFORT..and LOVE in everything, how truely remarkable in this day and age.
Wow!
I swore that Christmas was going to be a handmade one but ran out of time after starting a full time job.
Hi everyone!
Thank you all for your lovely comments :-) I did enjoy making everything, although I do wish I had more time - doesn't everyone? I'm not at all crafty so I am rather proud of getting all these presents together :-)
Cheers,
Julie
Thank you for posting these. They are really inspiring. I love the crocheted halter top (not that I know how to crochet), I bet my nieces would look fantastic in them.
Wow wow wow! You did well!
I love the Gnome Village Block idea.
I'm off to check out the downloadable colouring book. And I like the idea of binding with the sewing machine. I hadn't thought of that.
Thanks for sharing :-)
Hi Jen,
I am a beginner crocheter, and the tops are pretty simple - have a go!
Hi Tricia,
Thanks! I forget where I saw the sewing machine binding idea, but I have been making scrap-paper notebooks for them for years doing that - get all the scraps together, trim if necessary and sew along one edge, or if they are large pieces, I fold them in half, open up and sew down the middle to make a book. Obviously it blunts the machine needles, so I have an old one I use for them, and do a big batch in one go.
Cheers,
Julie
Hi Julie, just found your blog while searching for homemade Christmas. I'm looking to making 2011 my first, great to see yours was a success last year.
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