Crafty Giveway from Cat Taylor Design

I have been perusing my favourite blogs and have just visited Cat Taylor Design .
Check out her lovely blog and sneak a peek at the gorgeous creations in her Felt and Etsy stores.

She currently has a Christmas giveaway competition with a pack of crafty goodies to be won.
I am coveting the beautiful bias!

Christmas Stocking

Finished at last!

 It is my son's first Christmas this year so I thought it was the perfect excuse to

start yet another craft project - a Xmas stocking.

I found the pattern in the fabulous Toffee magazine (blogged about below!) and adapted it

slightly as I am not very good at sticking to patterns even my own.

Oliver's stocking has cute birdies on one side and gingerbread men on the other.

I am most proud of the fact I used all materials from my stash and didn't buy anything to make it.

As my husband was very keen to point out it won't exactly fit much in it...

but that is not the point because it is so cute!!

You can check out other stockings made from the same pattern on flickr

My next project is making dough gingerbread ornaments - stayed tuned for the results!

Toffe Magazine - Launch Isssue

I recently stumbled upon this fabulous new crafty magazine while perusing the lovely Haby Goddess blog and was so excited to discover that you don't have to trek out to the shop to get it...you can download it on the spot for just $2.99 AU - Instant Gratification!!

It is full of crafty pages and patterns and has printable projects - Yeah!

It features a great Chhristmas stocking pattern which I found really easey to use and will post about next.

Get your copy of Toffee here



Free Christmas felt ornament pattern - Gingerbread man

Make your own cute Gingerbread Christmas decorations.....

You will need......

• Brown & Red felt
• White ric rac
• ribbon for hanging tag
• dark brown, light brown and white embroidery floss
• pins, embroidery needle
• nice sharp scissors

Double click on the above template to open it in a new window.

Right click and select print picture and print onto A4 paper

- it will print at the correct size of 5" (13cm high) 

Glue or trace onto cardboard to make it easier to use.

Cut two of the body out of brown felt and one heart out of the red felt

-N.B I have actually used a puffy heart I had in my stash, a button would work well too.

Use 6 strands of the dark brown floss and use French knots to create his eyes and

back stitch to make his mouth (visit DMC stitch guide for help with different stitches!)

Use 2 strands of white floss and use a runnibg stitch to attach the heart.

Use 2 strands of dark brown floss and do 3 cross stitches to make his buttons.

Using 2 strands of white floss add strips of ric rac onto legs and arms with a running stitch.

Using 3 strands of light brown floss start blanket stitching the front and back bodies together.

Using 2 strands of white floss stitch the hanging tag to the back of the top body -

making sure the stitching does not show through to the face.

Finish blanket stitching around and you are done!!

For something different add a bit of polyfill stuffing to make a chubby gingerbread man.

Cutest Gingerbread man in the world!

I am still having so much fun making Christmas decorations.

This is the latest cute creation!

Babushka Christmas Angel

I am still obsessed with Russian Dolls and Christmas so have combined

my two favourite things!! Get your cute Xmas Angel here

Felt Christmas Decorations

I am slightly obsessed with felt at the moment and am decorating

my entire Christmas tree in felt ornaments this year - I am going to be busy!!

You can view more photos of my Xmas creations on my flickr page

They are also for sale in my etsy and felt stores.