Sewing - potholders with a plummy colour scheme in a chevron design

 For this set I used Christmas fabric scraps that had more of a plum/purple colour scheme and I found enough to make a set of two.  I dug into my stash of purple cottons to find something for the backing.  This was the closest match  - I do not have a large supply of purple fabrics!!!  Again, three layers of flannel for the batting and I bound by wrapping the backing to the front and stitching it down.  A little different but still works for the holidays!!  Therese

Sewing - Christmas potholders made up from fabric strips in a chevron design

 These potholders have been such fun to make.  Playing in the stash of Christmas cottons to find just what I need for the next strip!!  Red and green with a funky backing fabric cut from a printed vest that I acquired along the way and had no idea what I would use it for came in handy for these.  BONUS: there are a set of moose on the back of these pair.  I just added some quilting lines along the chevron pattern to keep all the layers together.  Therese

Sewing - potholders and chocolate make a small Christmas gift

I volunteered to run a little Christmas activity at one of my groups at our December social meeting.  I will be printing a small Christmas crossword puzzle and we will be putting the ladies into groups of two and these little pyramids are the prizes for whoever gets it correct the fastest.  

They are constructed from Christmas potholders and house three little Lindor chocolates!!!  

I simply used a large needle and some cotton cording and made a stitch between two opposite corners and then brought up the other two corners and added another stitch.  I tightened the cording and arranged the corners nicely then tied a bow in the cording.  Two gifts in one and very little packaging!! Therese