Xmas Advent Finished

Here it is finished and already hanged. No, it's not perfect and only after I had finished, the husband noticed that the number 25 is not centered.

But, this year it's the best I can do. Maybe next I'll do another one with more careful, with fabric bought specially for it.

But here it is and I'm very glad with the result!

And here are the 25 gifts that my son will find each December day until 25th day, Xmas Day.

Chocolate balls bought at Pingo Doce.

Embroidered ornaments made by me.

Pencil case and smarties bought at Intermaché.

And a pack with 5 toy cars bought at Intermarché, only € 3,95 the pack!


And here is my First Advent already with the gifts inside the pockets.

To put inside the Advent

I have been doing embroidery ornaments to put inside the pockets.

I inspired on drawings and ideas taken form these sites and blogs:

Coloring Book Pages - Holidays and Seasons Themes - HERE

NeedleCrafter - HERE

AllSorts - HERE

Better Homes and Gardens - Christmas Crafts - HERE

This week-end I have been sewing all the squares/pockets in the advent. It was very difficult. It was a lot of fabric and a lot of squares. It was not perfect, but I'm happy with the result.
I'm not posting any photos yet finished, as we are still trying to find a way to hang it on the wall.
I will post photos hanged and completely filled.

Xmas Advent - part 2

I have sewed all of the squares and I already hadsewed the numbers on the squares.
The numbers I found them on the web. I google it and wrote "number to color" or "coloring numbers". I chose those which had few curves and that were simpler to pass into the seethrough paper and afterwards to the fabric.
As a base fabric, I'll use "sarapilheira" that I had at home. My husband suggested that I place the squares in a tree shape, to give a Xmas look...
The next step will be to sew behind a thick fabric and the squares on the sides and bottom, so that they will be placed as pockets.
We will fill the pockets with small ornaments to afterwards put in our Xmas tree, chocolats and gifts.

The son will open everyday the pockets.
I was thinking in closing the pockets or with buttons or with velcro tape. I still have to figure out which will be more practical.
As for now, the "pockets" are placed like this only with pins.

Tunic 108 BWOF 07/2008 Finished!

It's finished!

And I'm very happy with the result.

As I already had mentioned, I had to open on the side seams so that it wouldn't press my hip. I think that the lenght went ok also. If I like, I can wear it over my bikini when I go to the beach.

If you click on the image above, you can see the detail of the beading. Some were lost on the way, as they were too close to the sewing seams. The needle got stuck. But most of it stayed.

And this is the detail of the armholes and the open side seams. I stitched with red thread. I put red thread on the bobin to give the out look.
I enjoyed a lot. But I don't know if I'll do it again. The neckline part was a bit confusing and hardworking.
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I would like to thank ANA who send me the spanish instructions and that helped me a lot!
And also I would like to thank Geri that in her blog Sewable did the same dress of this tunic and with her instructions, I managed to do the finishes of the tunic.

Shoe Box Finished!

First I got a tennis shoe box from the company where I work. I glued green silk paper. Over the past few day I have been hand stitching (ponto caseado), silhouettes of animals in a satin green fabric that I had. I glued the fabric over the green silk paper.

The "stuffing" bought: a coloring book, crayons and a small toy car. The "stuffing" homemade: two drawings made by my son and a scarf made by me.
I lined the interior with wrapped paper. My son helped putting the presents inside the box and that was it! Here's our shoe box.

Tomorrow I'll take it to the Imaginarium store during my lunch break.

Scarf - Solidary Xmas

Still talking about the shoe box that I'm decorating, I decided to place there a book to color some crayons, a toy car and some drawings made by my son. But I wanted to do something more. Something more in need.
So, today I made this scarf to put also inside the shoe box. I got some leftovers of flanel and the fabric thar I made a sheep suit for my son last year.

It turned out like this:

It's reversible and very warm. And it's for a good cause. The box is not yet finished, but it does, I'll post here photos.

Also I finished the tunic today! I washed it and it's still not dry. Whe it does, I'll iron and take some pictures.

Craft Project

It's my first craft project.
With a xmas smell.
Wiht 25 squares of fabric.
And it's for my son.
Limit date: November 30th.

And the first square is already done!

The tunic is almost finished

Today I sewed the hem. There is only missing the arms and the inside lining.

But I'm being happy with it. Except that on a side view it looks that I'm pregnant.

Who know what the future will bring. It's part of my plans...

I had to do open on the side, as my hip is wide.

I believe that in the next days I'll finish it.

Fixing - Part II

I was still not happy with the way my son's pant tuned out. So, I got to this brazilian blog, through Ana's blog, and I loved to seen the works that she was making in "patchcolagem". Afterwards, I did a research on the web of how to do "patchcolagem" or the "ponto caseado". And I found this:

And so, I transformed this:

Into this:
I think it's now much better!

More Fabrics!

Yesterday after leaving work (on fridays I leave at 15h), I decided to go to Feira dos Tecidos at Moscavide. I had a plafond of 10 euro. Not much, but I managed to bring something.

I decided to "dive" literally on those boxes of stashes, where the meter is around €1,70 and €2,50. The truth is that I'm making summer blouses and the fabrics that they have there are mostly winter. First I chose about 8 pieces of stash, but in the end it was more than I could afford. I had to make a selection, and I brought these. They were my favorites.

I confess that when I chose them I didn't had any model on my mind. I still don't know what I'm going to do with them. But I know that sooner or later I'll come up with something.

The truth and the good news are that with 10 euro I brought fabric enough to make 3 or more blouses. And I know that if I went to a store to buy, I wouldn't spend less than 15 or 20 euro in one single blouse. In a crisis time, there has to be alternatives...

In a few months I'll go back there to see if I can find more fabric.