Coffee Sack Xmas Decorations with Matching Bears
Craft from December 2015.
I think I made these for secret santa gifts. I didn't make the bears - those are from when I sent to Japan ages ago, in 1999. I was given them by the mother of a homestay family; they were samples from this kind of mail-order company she worked for, I think.
To make the decorations, I used scraps of coffee sacks, a bit of stuffing, and various small pieces of ribbon and lace to decorate them. I think the purple strip is either a piece of polar fleece or a piece of felt. The edges of the circles are zig-zag stitched.
These are one of the few "photogenic" crafts I have made. You could almost imagine this picture in a craft book or on a fancy web site! Normally my things look so haphazard, with no design principles, all the wrong colours and fabrics, and nothing matching for the photo.
These are really easy to make. Make a circle template by tracing around a cup or something. Cut out your base fabric - you don't want it to be something that will fray to pieces, but it doesn't have to be super firm. Sew on some scraps and sew the loops onto the back of one of the circles. Either put a little bit of stuffing inside now or add it as you sew around the edge. Zigzag stitch around the outside. You don't need much stuffing, just a little bit to give it a bit of life. You could probably also use a smaller circle of felt, blanket, polar fleece or some other kind of thick material instead of stuffing.
I think I made these for secret santa gifts. I didn't make the bears - those are from when I sent to Japan ages ago, in 1999. I was given them by the mother of a homestay family; they were samples from this kind of mail-order company she worked for, I think.
To make the decorations, I used scraps of coffee sacks, a bit of stuffing, and various small pieces of ribbon and lace to decorate them. I think the purple strip is either a piece of polar fleece or a piece of felt. The edges of the circles are zig-zag stitched.
These are one of the few "photogenic" crafts I have made. You could almost imagine this picture in a craft book or on a fancy web site! Normally my things look so haphazard, with no design principles, all the wrong colours and fabrics, and nothing matching for the photo.
These are really easy to make. Make a circle template by tracing around a cup or something. Cut out your base fabric - you don't want it to be something that will fray to pieces, but it doesn't have to be super firm. Sew on some scraps and sew the loops onto the back of one of the circles. Either put a little bit of stuffing inside now or add it as you sew around the edge. Zigzag stitch around the outside. You don't need much stuffing, just a little bit to give it a bit of life. You could probably also use a smaller circle of felt, blanket, polar fleece or some other kind of thick material instead of stuffing.
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