Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Tis the season

That time of the year when we love red and green.  We get all our Christmas decorations out and display them around the house for a few days.  Of course we also start to look for other things we can make for Christmas.  This year I found this great youtube video on how to make Christmas trees using 2 1/2 in squares,  well now since I love making hexies I have tons of little squares.  Here is the link for the video on how to make them 
 
And here is some I made.


 
I spread  them around the house, just to add a little Christmas cheer here and there.
 
I also found a kit of felt that I had bought years ago that made snowmen cutlery holders and decided it was time to make them.

 
Then it was time to make some napkins, so off to the fabric store.  Scored on this fabric, and just shredded the outsides to make pull a thread pull another one .

Now of course they needed to be folded like Christmas trees, did a search on youtube on folding napkins and voila ....
 
 


 
 
Now just waiting to set the table for Christmas morning, have to find my Christmas placemats and will use my cross stitch tablecloth for dinner.


Now that you have seen my Christmas crafts head on over or back to Bonnie Hunters blog to see what others have done.

http://quiltville.blogspot.ca/2014/12/a-very-merry-happy-holiday-linky-party.html

Saturday, December 6, 2014

a great idea downsized




I love hexagons!  love cutting the papers out, the material basting and hand sewing I  have 2 hexagon quilts on the go and little baggies all over.  Then I saw this post ...


http://www.bloglovin.com/frame?post=3786589807&group=0&frame_type=b&context=blog_profile&context_ids=901350&blog=901350&frame=1&click=0&user=0



I thought what a great idea, using tool cases to hold hexagons, so for $8.00 all my hexies are now organized.


 
tray on top inside  holding the baggies
 
partly finished hexies in bottom



in the top papers and thread which will become .....
 
 


 
 
Well one group of hexies are organized anyways the other hexie quilt is still in a bag.