A merry Christmas to all of you – I hope to see you again in the new year. The Christmas wishes comes with a couple of hearts which I have sewn on water dissolvable fabric. It is the first time I have used the dissolvable fabric – but definitely not the last. When you dissolve … [Read more…]
Hearts are unavoidable now that Christmas is rapidly approaching. I have been experimenting with crochet Christmas hearts and have now reached a pattern which I like. In spite of the blue colours I still think the hearts are very Christmassy. The Christmas hearts will look good on the tree but also as part of other … [Read more…]
Christmas treats are often bought in cardboard boxes with nice Christmas motifs on the outside. Last year I saved some of these boxes thinking that they might be useful for something. I was right – upcycled Christmas Cards! The embroideries on today’s cards are made on cut outs from these boxes. As we ate a … [Read more…]
Upcycling of soda cans and Christmas decorations is not the most obvious combination. I have, however, tried the combination and I think the result is quite good. Soda cans come in a variety of colours and they are quite easy to cut with a normal pair of scissors. This make the cans an obvious choice … [Read more…]
Some of my Christmas presents are now ready and therefore I need to get the ‘to and from’ cards ready. These crochet ‘to and from’ cards are made out of leftover cotton yarn in grey and blue colours. A piece of card is placed on the back so you can write your wishes. The card … [Read more…]
These Christmas cards with flowers are made with bullion stitches on cut-outs with flower motifs. I have already made several posts with embroided Christmas cards and I was not planning more this year. All the Christmas cards in the shop has, however, been sold and as I want to write some cards myself I have to … [Read more…]
Angles and Christmas goes together and my grandmothers old filet crochet is perfect for making Christmas angles. I have played a little with the design and come up with three different ways of making the angles. All three designs have got a metal wire skeleton to enable them to stand. One of the Christmas angle … [Read more…]
This week the blog has been dominated by Christmas cards made out of recycled materials. Today is not going to be any different. I have tried to put the cards into colour groups and today is the day for the golden Christmas card. As for all the cards I have shown earlier this week all … [Read more…]
The recycled Christmas cards which I’m showing today are made in the same way as the ones I wrote about Monday. The only difference is that today’s cards are made in blue colours. The card with the tree in snowy weather has been accompanied by a drawing cut out of a Christmas card from last … [Read more…]
The blog will this week will be dominated by recycled Christmas cards made as shown here. Today’s Christmas cards are kept in red nuances with embroidery in matching colours. The embroideries are made on magazine cut-outs which I have tried to keep in dusty colours. The star on the card above is sewn with a … [Read more…]