Thursday
Dec102009
Christmas Craft Day
Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 11:40 PM 
My friend, Joanne, has the kind of comfortable, homely home I love best. Usually filled with children, today it was filled with friends, gathered together for a day of Christmas crafting.
We stitched and talked, and talked and stitched. Then sat around the big kitchen table and shared a meal.
And really, days don't come much better than that.
Reader Comments (4)
wish I could have been there too. I love to take a shape like the bell in the photo above and contour either the wallet size school photo or cut out the face of a pet or friend from a larger photo and stitch it onto the felt ornament. I embroider the person or pet's name and the year under the photo or on the back, having doubled the fabric and whip stitched the sides. It makes a wonderful keepsake and when I give them as gifts, my friends are thrilled. If I have extra time I like to embellish the ornament even more with crewel stitches or sequins or beads to outline the photo. If you stitch the photo to the felt the colors stay true. If you use glue it lasts well but there may be fading. It also is a prettier look when they are stitched. have fun!
Helen i loved my mums one and she told me what every one else did it sounded GREAT!!
Becca
xx
oh how i would have loved to have been there with you...
in that gathering of friends.
stitching and talking, talking and stitching.
xo,
gem
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