Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Handmade Xmas

My husband has been laid off since June. We are doing OK and I'm sure he will find something, just not what we expected to be going through in our 50's.
I always have a Xmas club and I am so thankful for that, the money is taken before I have it in my hands and I don't miss it.
Due to our current $ situation, I will not be able to go "over" on what I plan to spend.. which actually is a good thing, I am choosing more wisely. So, in addition to the store bought gifts, I am trying to make everyone on my list some handmade gifts.
I am sewing gifts from my stash of fabric and only buying what I have to, in order to finish projects.
I am on vacation for a week and have 2 goals :
Get the house decorated, done.
And now spend the rest of the week sewing.
I have been making some progress.

Here are blocks I made for a wallhanging for our youngest daughter. It matches the quilt I made for her when she graduated Grad school in May. I only had to buy the green for the background. The rest was scraps from her quilt.



This is a wallhanging for my middle kid, made from scraps ( the black print ) from the quilt I made her for her birthday last year. I bought the asian themed panel for $ 4.00. Her quilt is " bento blocks " in an asian theme.



A table cloth made for my daughter in law. I used a charm pack, Mary Englebright (sp?) Its a xmas collection, sorry can't remember the name. I bought the plaid border and backed it with a xmas print I had on hand.
Last but not least, some napkins for my daughter in law and son, from my stash. My daughter in law liked how I was going "green" and had recently made my own napkins. I plan to make some more but these are the only ones done for todays "photo shoot"

2 comments:

Nancy said...

I am sorry about your hubby's job and hope he finds the right one soon.

I love handmade no matter what the money situation is. We too are scaling back this year. We are hoping to buy a small farm house near our grandkids and so we are giving each other small gifts only..

I am making market bags for my family. Each one only takes 1/2 yard of fabric including handles and they go together so fast...

Nicole said...

You have been so busy! I applaud you for making so many of your gifts this year. My husband was out of work for a number of months too. Now he has a good job, but it is 100 miles away, so we only see each other on weekends. Aren't these crazy times?