Advent Calender Sew Along #3 - Still going!

So I finished my Advent Calender with 3 ornaments on Nov 30 so I've been sewing like mad every evening to get the rest finished.  Here's what I've done so far........

One for each of the family, I was doing Matts while he was watching his football team Liverpool play and when I asked what colours he wanted it came out in their team colours, so I put a little LFC on it for him!!

It's both my girls birthdays in Dec so I made a parcel for Miss C for her birthday, still got Miss Ms to make but she's already told me to colours she wants!

This is my favourite bunch so far, I made the snowman last night and he is too cute.  I also like the holly as I feel it was well made.  Not so keen on the colours of the stocking, but it will do.  I've still got 8 left to do, one of them will be another parcel for Miss M and we all want a star on 24 so I need 6 more ideas.....  Think I'll have a trawl through the Homemade By You Flikr group.  I'm having trouble uploading my pictures to Flikr so I haven't been able to add mine, will try again!

Skin of my teeth!

So on the evening before 1 December I finished my Advent Calender!  Maybe I should have started it a bit earlier but now its done.  I only have 3 ornament so I shall be doing them as we carry on, both the girls birthdays are in December so I think I will make a present with their initial on for their respective birthdays.  We already have a calender which we put little chocolates and they alternate days so they get the chocolate on their birthday so this will run alongside that one and they can alternate the ornaments.  

Neat blanket stitch 

Lovely tree shape

sparkly!

My first set of ornaments!  Need to get moving!

I'm really pleased with how its come out and the kids love it.  I hope that it will give them great joy over the coming years and even to their own children.....  I've embroidered my name and date on the back so my girls can't pass it off as theirs!!!!

I shall be linking up with all these lovely link parties this week

Advent Calender Sew Along #2 - Progress

Managed to get all the numbers finished and sewn onto the background.  I also made 3 ornaments last night so here's my progress to date.

• I've got 2 squares left to make
• a tree to cut out
• all the squares and tree to be sewn onto the background
• some sort of hanging mechanism to be organised
• front and back sewn together
• Ornaments to be designed and made (3/24 made)

getting there, long way to go through!

Advent Calender Sew Along #1 - I must be crazy!

So last weekend I was going through my bogs and I came to Homemade by Jill and saw that she has started an Advent Calender Sew Along so of course I decided in the middle of November that I NEEDED to make a new advent calender!  You know how it is, we see something on a blog and our life will never be satisfied if we don't make it as well!  So off I went to the fabric shop to get some nice white felt, I already had coloured felt and embroidery silks so I've been off and away.   So a week later, this is where I am, 

• I've got 2 squares left to make
• a tree to cut out
• all the squares and tree to be sewn onto the background
• some sort of hanging mechanism to be organised
• Ornaments to be designed and made

Add to this the usual Christmas shopping, cooking & preparation for 10 guests for the Christmas period (staying!) and both my kids birthdays in Dec (including a really exciting intricate Harry Potter party) and you can see that I'm beginning to think I've bitten off more than I can chew!!!!  I'm not going to be able to make all the ornaments before Dec starts but as long as I can finish them the night before I should be ok.......

Check out the Flickr group for more lovely calenders but don't blame me if you fall in love and feel you have to make one, its a bit too late now!