2020 Christmas Craft

 Lockdown and Tier 2 & 3 have given me more craft time this year. I haven't been able to go out and do things that I would normally do so it's been a good time to get some projects done that I've been planning for years.

To be eco- friendly and use up some of my stash of Christmas fabric I made gift bags.

I used them to gift wrap presents for 2 of my crafty friends.

I bought myself a wreath making kit in Hobbycraft just before the 2nd lockdown.

A friend gave me a wreath making book for my birthday and enough wool to make one with a Christmas Robin.

On a rainy Sunday afternoon, I got my glue gun out, put on a Christmas film and had a lovely time putting the wreaths together.

Another job for my glue gun was to make a pompom tree. 

I saw this project about 5 years ago in the Hobbycraft tent at a craft fair where they were promoting pompom makers. 

I made half pompoms with wool from my stash.

I had some help from Bonnie putting it together.

On Christmas Eve I made a table decoration using cuttings I'd gathered from the garden using skills I'd learnt on a workshop at Hampton Court Palace last year.

And finally, something I started about 3 years ago and finally got around to finishing.

A gingerbread man garland which I completed a few days after Christmas.

Another Ottoman Makeover

I started this blog to celebrate things that I had achieved at a time when life could be a bit tough going. 2020 come on the back of 3 very difficult years so it seems the perfect time to return to my blog and reflect on positive things.

As with most new years, I was determined that in 2020 I would get things done that I'd been putting off and hadn't got round to to doing.

First on the list was to replace the net curtains in my daughter's room that Bonnie the new kitty had shredded. At the same time I decided to revamp the ottoman using fabric that I'd had for about a year.   

The ottoman once belonged to my Grandma. I remember sitting on it and chatting to her and sometimes using it as a stage to stand on when I was singing to her. Happy memories.

This is the 3rd time I've revamped it. When my daughter was a baby it was painted to match  the nursery and I covered the lid with farmyard fabric. As she grew up it was repainted and recovered to match the mermaid and under the sea theme.

This time she chose something a little more grown up. I stretched the fabric over the lid and stapled it to the sides.

To cover the stables I glued ribbon around the edge of the lid.

It's a traditional method that was originally used on the ottoman.

Ta-dah! All finished and back in the room to be filled with hand crocheted blankets and home made quilts.