Christmas Every Monday - Part 4

 

Welcome to the fourth and final week of Christmas Every Monday.

 

Today, we are working with burlap. 

 

First up are burlap holly leaves:

 

You will need:

 

Burlap

Old Book Pages

Red Ball Fringe

Jute Rope

Sewing Machine

Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks

 

These are a take off on my burlap and paper pumpkins I did last month.  They are super quick and easy.

 

 

First, cut out your holly leave from the book page.  I just free handed mine and it measured approximately 6" long x 3" wide.  Pin with a straight pin onto two layers of burlap.  You need to do this to keep the burlap from shifting. 

 

Machine stitch the edges of the holly book page and down the center of the holly leaf.  Then cut out leaving a margin around the edge of the burlap.

 

Hot glue jute rope to the back at the top of each piece.  Then cut three pom poms off of the ball fringe for each holly leaf and hot glue at the top where the jute is.

 

These would be cute on a door knob, for a package decoration and a lot of things.

 

Next:

 

 

Burlap Banded Pillow

 

You will need:

 

6" strip of Burlap

Pillow of your choice

Stencil

Acrylic Paint

Sponge

 

Use a pillow you already have that is a plain color.  You can use any color at all.  I had this plain beige pillow that was a 15" square. 

 

Cut your burlap 6" x 31".  You will adjust this to your pillow size.  If you had a 14" pillow, you would cut it 6" x 29".  In other words, cut it where it will go around your pillow in one piece and add an inch for a seam.  Got it???

 

 

Pull the threads on your burlap making a fringe of about 1/4". Then, seam up the 6" side of the burlap strip.  Turn it inside out and press.  Then, stencil whatever you want on the front of the burlap band.  You will naturally want your seam on the center back.

 

Then, just slip the burlap band over your pillow and adjust to your liking.  Just think, you could do Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentines, etc. with just a different band of fabric.  You don't have to use burlap, but if you use anything else, you'll need to hem the long edges.

 

Next:

 

 

Burlap Gift Mitten

 

You will need:

 

Burlap

Lace

Christmas greenery and berries

Ribbon for hanger

Sewing Machine

Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks

 

Start by drawing out your mitten shape.  Mine was approximately 5" wide x 7" long.  Machine stitch around the burlap in about 1/4" from the edge. 

 

 

Now, add a hanger with ribbon.

 

 

Then, gather lace and hot glue across the top.  I just added some Christmas greenery and berries to top it all off. 

 

These would make very nice neighbors' gifts filled with candy canes, or cookies.

 

 

Bella has an announcement!!

 

Make any item that we have done during this series and email us a photo to tt2jclark@sbcglobal.net.

 

Then, on November 10th, we will have a drawing and the winner will receive a package of Christmas goodies!  These will include some handmade items as well as other goodies.  You may enter as many times as you want, but it has to be a different item each time!  OK!

 

Go get busy!

 

Enjoy!

 

Till next time, Judy