Thursday, January 7, 2010

Christmas Sew N' Tell

Well Christmas has long come and gone and I realized that now is my chance to show all of the things I that I sewed for my friends and family. Then I realized that I did not take any pictures of the multiple purses, clutches, coin purses or mini duffel bags that I created. So instead here is a post about all of the ornaments that I made for my family and friends, and of course myself.

Here's Mr. and Mrs. Claus made from clothes pins.
Close up of Santa.
Snowman, also made from a clothespin, and a toothpick nose and a thread spool hat.
Clothespin ornaments of Charlie and I to commemorate our Half Marathon Success.
And here is another Santa ornament that I made from a dried milk-weed pod. I remembered making these in the 5th grade with one of my favorite teachers of all time, Mrs. Kenney. I collected milk-weed pods in the fall and then did my best to remember what they looked like and made a few of these.
Then I went to my moms house and the first version from 5th grade was on the tree:
Now this leads me to one of two possible assumptions. 1. I was way better at crafts in the 5th grade than I am now, or 2. Mrs. Kenney had a lot more to do with the creation and execution of this ornament than I remembered.

Here's another bird ornament that I made for my Mum.
Also for Christmas my Mum gave me two kits from Posie Gets Cozy. I have made one kit and here are two of the finished results. I love them! A little tree with sequin snowflakes.
A cute little deer.
And lastly, here is something I actually sewed for the Sew N' Tell. Two Christmas dishtowels I made for my Grammy.

I can't wait to see the other things that everyone else was keeping secret over the holidays on Amy's blog.
Lauren!

18 comments:

  1. Lauren,
    You were one of my all time favorite students, and a creative, artistic student. I really enjoy seeing your ornaments, especially Santa milkweed. My tree (still up) has 5 or 6 of them.

    Retired last June but I miss the kids and doing fun activities!

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  2. Don't get a swelled head, kiddo. She probably says that about all of her students!

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  3. All your ornaments are lovely! love the clothes pin people.

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  4. Love the ornaments -- the saddest part of the season I find is putting them all away for another year.

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  5. I love that bird ornament. Did you use a pattern? Please don't tell me you're just that talented. :)

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  6. wow you were busy making ornaments!! they are all great. boo hoo that we don't get to see the other things you sewed. i very nearly did the same thing but took some shots, bad ones, at the very last moment

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  7. So cute! What fun to make these ornaments!

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  8. I bet Grammy was happy to get those nice towels! A handmade gift is always best.

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  9. Those ornaments are so cute! Especially love the clothespin ones!

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  10. Love your ornaments. My son made me some ornaments this year. He is 4 and while I was wrapping the real Christmas presents he was cutting up the cardboard roll from a finished roll of wrapping paper and then wrapping it in christmas paper. I will put them under the tree next year. This kept him amused for ages.

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  11. I LOVE your ornaments, makes me want to try to make some and I LOVE those towells, Grammy is lucky!

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  12. Your ornaments are really adorable. And, I like the towels! Isn't it fun to give handmade!

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  13. So cute! I especially love your litle marathoners. What a great idea! :o)

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  14. Wonderful, great, cute ornaments! I especially love the ones made with the clothes pins. The felt and sequined Christmas tree is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

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  15. I love coming to your blog so I can be inspired. I love the clothespin ornaments. I actually collected milkweed pods this year with the intention of spraying them gold and then gluing a sparkly something inside. Years ago, maybe eons ago, Skip and I had made all of our ornaments for our tree and we made Santas from walnuts, Still have some hanging on our tree after all these years. Thanks for sharing and inspiring us ! Happy New year, new ideas !

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  16. Cute ornaments! Especially like the bird.

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  17. Yes, Grammy loves those towels and drapes them on the stove handle instead of using them. So much talent in that beautiful head.

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