Wednesday, 12 October 2011

Christmas Gifts - Part 1

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There's something about Christmas time that brings out the excited inner child in us all.  

For me, I love the smells of Christmas, spicy cinnamon & orange candles, fresh pines from the tree, home baked mince pies and shortbread. Mmmmm!

So it's time for me to get ready for my Christmas classes! Folks who come along to class have already been asking me with excited anticipation 'what will we be making?'.

I have scheduled in 3 weeks this year for making Christmas Gifts.  These will be small items that are quick to make and can be varied and adapted to suit the intended recipient.  

I like to give my class a choice of what they can make, so this week I'll share with you some of the ideas I'll be teaching.

First up, a different kind of mugrug:


Last year I came across this tutorial on Sew Mama Sew for the Hostess Box.  I asked permission from the designer Jennifer Casa & Sew Mama Sew to adapt the pattern and teach it in class.  Permission was v.kindly granted and so I got to work downsizing the pattern to come up with this mini hostess box.


The box is held in place with velcro, but these wee boxes could easily be makes in themselves, filled with yummy sweets (I particularly like fudge!) and given to teachers as end of term pressies.


And the mugrug could be any design you like.  

I think kids would love these too filled with their favourite sweeties! Jxo

So there you have it!  My Christmas Gifts part 1.  Tune in tomorrow for part 2!
Have a great Wednesday!

Judith xo

21 comments:

  1. Such a great idea - love how many chocolates you can get in the box!!

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  2. Oh thats so clever! Love it :-)

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  3. They are fantastic Judith! Wish I could come to one of your classes :)

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  4. Brilliant idea! I too wish I could come to your classes, they seem like such fun!

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  5. Lovely wee gift - have to plan who to make it for! Hmmm?

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  6. PS can't wait to see what's coming tomorrow!

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  7. Like it. You will be the queen of making christmas presents along with Sarah.

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  8. That is so cute, what a great idea!

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  9. what a great idea and I wish I could sign up for a class!

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  10. This is such a good idea Judith. I love it. But never mind the children liking the sweeties, I love chocolate too. So my boxes might be empty by the time they are wrapped! :)

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  11. How gorgeous and I love the idea of presenting a box to the teacher, very clever!

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  12. Well Judith you are one clever cookie. Brilliant idea.

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  13. what a great design for a mug rug! I have made quite a few of those hostess boxes - they are really handy for so many things

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  14. What a fab idea, not least the guidance on how best to fill them ;o)

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  15. That's the cutest mug rug set I ever saw. Love it!

    Margaret

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  16. What a wonderful idea!! I might have to try it. They look great!

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