Monday, December 15, 2025

Mon Memory~ Some Old Christmas Projects to Revisit

 
 You might want or need to use one of these projects real quick.
 
This Gingerbread man was the very first project posted 
where my tutorials and tips are collected. 
In the webpage view,
the link is at the top of the page
along with other linked pages. 
(You can click on the pictures to go to their link.) 
  
Free motion writing names on fabric ribbons
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Just about all the time now,
I give gifts in my homemade gift bags.
I'm saving paper since I have so much fabric.
Most, especially my family,
reuse these bags
especially when they don't look seasonal.
 
So consider using a Christmas fabric or
fabric for whatever holiday.
 These bags were made for 
our Vacation Bible School one year
so I had to figure out a 
quick way to make 50 bags.
These will hold a book,
but you can change dimensions to suit your gift.
There are many more gift bag ideas

I upcycled one of my Mother's sweat shirts for this
 
Again several tutorials for making tags and cards from fabric scraps.
so they cost nothing, 
because you are grabbing stuff
before it goes into the trash can. 
 
 
So check out the  
to find more ideas you
might need or want for Christmas 
or any Giving season you have in mind.  
 
 

Friday, December 12, 2025

Fun Fri~ A Bit of Hexie Hand Sewing

 

Last week I shared A Snowy Day of Cutting Hexies.
 So here is the start of hand sewing those hexies.
 

 

More about the Homemade Thumb cushion later.
 



I have no clue why I enjoy sewing these.
I do know I don't care for EPP,
because I don't want to mess with
 cutting the templates,
gluing .
doing what seems like 300 overcast stitches for each seam
then removing templates. 
 instead
I cut
 sew about 16 stitches per 2 inch seam
(I do pin to hold end points) 
press
done.
 
 
Can you guess what I'm making?
No it's not another quilt.
Already have 2 of those going.
I think their quilting idea is stalling me. 
 
 
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