It's Looking a lot like Christmas!

Hello everyone! In my craft room it's looking a lot like Christmas! Outside, no. It's been about 70 degrees for the last couple of weeks it seems. Starting tomorrow though, they're talking about rain for the next 3 days; bring it!

I have been stitching nothing but Christmas. I have finishes and FFOs. Let's go!

First up are my finishes. Here is Christmas Scooter by Madame Chantilly..

As you can see, I pretty much squeezed the stitching in there! When I got to the

polar bear, I had to take it off my snaps and stitch in hand, the other side too!

There's only one way to FFO this and that's to sew fabric onto all 4 sides and 

make it a pillow. I'll have fun going through my fabric stash or buy some new

fabric somewhere. It sure is cute and it brings a smile to my face.

Next are these two ornament sized finishes..

On the left is Snow Day (I think), a freebie by Shepherd's Bush. It has been in my

freebie stash for awhile. Too cute. At right is Winter ABC's by LK. I didn't have a mitten

button so I stitched it in. This is the 2nd time I stitched it.

Well, the FFO bug bit me pretty hard! 

There's Witchy Kitty on the left. I'm happy with the contrasting lime green fabric with the black

spiders throughout. Do You Hear by Shepherd's Bush, found in one of the JCS 

Christmas issues. For those who don't know, it's my goal to stitch everything with the 

lyrics of my fave Christmas carol, Do You Hear What I Hear. On the end is And Nature

Sing, also from a JCS ornament magazine. I trimmed it with Carol cord, sewed on a

bell at the top.

Finally, FINALLY I FFO'd this WTN & T piece, forgot what the name is though

It's a bit wonky. It's an oval paper mâché box..

that I painted orange to match the orange in the design. The side of the lid

is scrapbook paper that is glued on. The inside is painted also. I think the next

time I do a box like this, I'll first mount the batting and design onto mat board

and then set on the lid top. That way the design is secure, mine isn't. I'm happy with it.

And from the Department of Refinished Finishes is the Pickety Witch..

For the life of me, I cannot remember who the designer is. It's a freebie though.

It was a pin pillow before, stuffed with that awful polyfil. I mounted it

onto mat board with batting, attached the black pompoms. That is scrapbook paper from a

previous FFO, and it's attached to the mat board. Then I glued the design and

ribbon hanger to the backing. I'm tempted to leave it as is but I also feel it's 

missing something. Maybe a black bow directly below the design? We'll see.

So Astrid asked on my last post about where I get all my finishing 

supplies. I pick things up at the big box hobby stores, second hand stores.

Victorian Motto (Nancy) sells trims on her eBay store, under the same name. 

There are a couple designers who sell trims like hand dyed pompoms and

silk seam tape on etsy. I think Joanne's has a better selection of

trims than Hobby Lobby.

Yes, Meg, I like to kit up Christmas! 

That is it folks! Thanksgiving is coming up and my daughter wants to

host it this year. I'm helping her roast a full size turkey, gulp! I have not

roasted a huge turkey! For the last 15 years it's been just a breast, 13 lbs

or so. My dad always did a smaller full size turkey and then I took over

the turkey roasting. Then we started with just breasts. So it's 

going to be interesting! Haha.

Thanks for dropping by! See you in November!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you in the States and Happy days for those of

you not! 

Also a big Welcome to the new followers! Happy to have you!