Yay for me, my hubby bought me all kinds of beads and charms for Christmas, so I have been making all sorts of bracelets.  These are made from memory wire, glass beads, acrylic beads, metal beads, charms, glass chips and anything i could put a head pin through.

Rainbow Bright


Cloudy Skies in blue and grey


Autumnal delight with yellow and orange


Classy Lassy in black, red and silver


Fairy Princess in pink and purple


Sea Foam in blue and green


Thanks for looking. 

Hi i have made a whole lot more christmas baubles for presents this year.  This is the thread with the original one and the tute.
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=324730.0
and these are the others I made.



Thanks for looking

[Tutorial]

A friend of mine showed me how to make these Christmas baubles.  I just love them.  This one is for my god-daughter for her first Christmas this year.  




Tutorial
The balls I use are approx 18cm circumference. I used 1" ribbons. For the 1st row you need 4x2" long pieces and for the 2nd and 3rd you need 8x2" pieces each.  You will need this for each half of the ball.

Mark the ball into 8 wedges.


From your first colour find the centre and pin it to the ball along one of the wedge lines.


Bring the sides down and form a point.  Pin it to the ball.  Repeat with 3 more pieces.


Mark 1/4" from the centre of the ball. (where the wedges meet.) Find the centre of your next colour. Pin 8 of these around the ball at the points where the ribbon edges meet and also where the folds of the ribbons meet,  and make the point as before, keeping one point over and one under the next.


Do the same with the 3rd colour, marking again 1/4" down from the top of the second point. 


Ath the top where the point meet, push in a pin with a beadand a sequin.  Repeat the steps above  for the other side of the ball. 


After the ball is completely covered, wrap a ribbon around the centre (I use about 40-45 cm) where the raw edges of the ribbons are showing.  Pin it on to the ball with sequins and beads.  Loop the excess ribbon into a bow on top and a piece to hang it from the tree.


The you are all finished.  The first one at the top of the post, I used eye pins, jump rings and chain to attach the bell and initial letter.  Instead of 3 colours, use 2 like I did, or one plain, and one patterned. 
I really hope this makes sense, please ask if you have any questions and I will try to help you.
Thanks for looking, and if any one make a ball, I'd love to see it.

HI, I made these leggings and attatched rah rah skirt for my 8 month old.  She looks too cute crawling around in them.
This was my first attempt at sewing with knit fabric, and overall I am pleased with the result.



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This is the wishing well I made from the old timber from the deck we ripped up.  I got the instructions from Buildezy website. My hubby brought home a condensed milk tin from work and we used a fire poker end for the handle and an old market umbrella pole for the cross piece.
Thanks for looking.

These are the nappies I made for my daughter.  I used Polar fleece, waterproof nylon and micro fleece.  They are fastend with buttons and button holes rather than velcro, which I think tend to get tatty and matted full of the bits in the washing machine.  I started at 13 wks pregnant and thought well I only have to do 1 a week, and that will be enough.  I then put it all away until I was 35 wks pg, having only made 2.  Not the smartest move.  I did get them all done before she was born though.  The pattern, and others, is from the nappy network site http://www.thenappynetwork.org.nz/diy.php Thanks for looking.

Hi, I made these personalised cookies from gingerbread and royal icing for my wedding a few years ago.  It was a good combination gift and setting for the tables.
Shortbread or sugar cookie recipes would work well too.
Thanks for looking.
http://www.craftster.org/pictures/showphoto.php?photo=286440&ppuser=190983

http://www.craftster.org/pictures/showphoto.php?photo=286439&ppuser=190983

http://www.craftster.org/pictures/showphoto.php?photo=286438&ppuser=190983

This is the gown I made for my daughters Baptism in April.  I didn't use a pattern, just a basic bodice shape and a skirt part. I drafted the jacket pattern off a jacket she already had.  The ribbon tie to keep the jacket closed was nicely frayed and eaten by the end of the day.  Thanks for looking.

Hi just new to craftster, but I have been sewing for about 16 years since my mum taught me.  I made this blouse from the JJ pattern off the burdastyle website.I bought the fabric for $2 mt off the clearance table. Thanks for looking.