To be festive, I added a string of colored led lights to a sequined Santa hat. The cool part? The lights show through the white faux fur brim. The battery pack fit inside the brim in the back, and I wrapped the lights loosely around, then used white thread to make a basting stitch around the brim to hold everything in. The long stitches will be easy to undo, should I need to remove the lights, and I left a gap just large enough to slide the battery pack out.
My youngest had a home-made holiday sweater contest at school. She drew up her design, and I sewed it into a red long sleeved shirt using felt and embroidery floss.
I also harvested a small led switch from a holiday decoration and sewed it in behind the snowman’s face, so there would be flashing lights.
She won.
I have worked my way through the entire bag of acrylic scrap yarn. Here is the lineup of hats I was able to put together with the multitude of colors.
This was actually a good color experiment. I combined colors I never would have picked originally, and I think they turned out well. Looking around a pile of yarn and deciding which colors to put together and in which amounts is a good brain exercise as well. Plus it is an excellent stash buster.
It is remarkable when you’ve had a towel for at least 6 years and then find that the little plastic tags are still there. What? How did I miss this for so many years? They are scratchy irritating little things. Anyway, they are gone now. Here is a picture of Thor the cat trying to help (he loves fabric.)
It is time for the annual making of the bookmarks for my youngest’s teachers. We do this every year and they are always well received. This year was a snow theme and she wanted a snowflake as the “tassel”. To attach the two laminated pieces of paper I punched a small hole and did a few half square knots to make a small section of twisted macrame.
I like the way the half square knots twist. To finish it off, I put a dab of white glue, then trimmed the ends close to the work.
Critters and Craft 