I had a bit of a hard time coming up with a handmade project for my husband’s mom. I know that she loves real hard-copy pictures of the kids, though, and I know that I’m terrible about sending them to her. I was roaming through the craft department at Walmart and was struck by a…
Category: Handmade Christmas
Zebra Stripes in the Kitchen Handmade Christmas Project #5
My 16-year-old niece is studying culinary arts through a charter program at her high school, and she asked me for a full apron in zebra stripes and purple to use for her cooking classes. I think this fits the bill nicely! The zebra-striped fabric is a lightweight twill with stain releasers that I found at…
Handmade Christmas Projects 2, 3 & 4 are in the bag!
Adding three more handmade Christmas projects on my way to a full dozen. Today’s projects are all handmade bags! This is my mom’s new Christmas bag. She asked me to make her one like the one that I made for her when she visited a few years ago only in black and red. I used…
Handmade Christmas Project #1
On the first day of Christmas, a seamstress made for me . . . No, really, I’m not going to sing a new version of the twelve days of Christmas, but I do have twelve handmade projects that I’d like to share between now and Christmas Eve! (Most of them are done already, but I…
One Week ’til Christmas!
Is it really only a week until Christmas?! I still have a few things left on my to-do list. How is yours coming along? For me, last week is a blur of shipping the last of my Market orders (with the new Everyday Camp Shirt pattern!), sewing the last of the handmade gifts that I…
The Joy-Nicole Bag Tutorial
Each year, I sew new bags for my nieces and daughters for Christmas. Last year, with my Messenger Bag Tutorial, I started a tradition of designing a bag for them and sharing it in a tutorial here for all of you to use, too. I’m a little behind on Christmas sewing this year. (There was…
Handmade Christmas – A Trio of Stockings
Just finished up these stockings for Morgan and her fiance, Chad, and his little guy, Austin. I used my own Stocking Tutorial which you can find here. I’m excited to give them these to enjoy on their first Christmas as a family!
Handmade Christmas: Birdies for Little Hands
My idea for decorating the bottom of the tree with something safe for little hands is . . . stuffed fabric birds! I love these! They take a tiny bit of fabric and only a few minutes of time to sew. The pattern is from Laura over at Spool. You can find the pdf pattern…
Handmade Christmas: Fabric Garland Tutorial
Looking for a simple project to add some handmade beauty to your holiday decorating? I was really tired of our old tinsel garland, and we’ve been working towards decorating with mostly handmade Christmas decorations. I played around with a few different ideas for making a garland and this one is the one that turned out…
Handmade Christmas – Christmas Pajamas
Just one more Christmas post before I move on to other things. It has become a tradition for me to make our kids new Christmas pajamas every year. I love having the kids in matching pjs on Christmas morning, and since my kids range in age from almost 20 to 2, I really have no…