Christmas Projects

Yesterday we finally went shopping for the fabric to make The Biscuits quilt. It is going to be his Christmas present.

I went into the shop with an idea of what I wanted. I had the panel for the center & needed to find co-ordinating fabric to finish the top & something for the back.

I was thinking real traditional. Maybe green & brown gingham. Maybe a little cow print. I even had some in my cart. Then....

We found these great jungle prints & the cutest flannel with jungle animals on it. So my traditional quilt went out the window & this what I finished up this morning.

 

Close up of the panel

The back piece

 

 

What do you think? I am pleased. It is totally different than I had planned but I like the jungle theme.

And to go with our jungle theme, here are the hats & scarves I made for The Biscuit & The Little Man

These were so easy. And a total after-thought. The Little Man liked this fabric so I bought 1/2 a yard thinking I could make him a scarf. The scarves are no-sew. You just cut them out of fleece. I still had a good sized piece of fabric left so I started brain storming. I dug thru the kids stuff & found a fleece hat with the fringes & figured out how they made it. It was just panels sewn together with the fringed top & they just gathered it together at the top with a loop of fleece. Duh. I can do that. So I did. Out of 1/2 yard ($2.49) I got 2 scarves & 2 hats which I have put away for Christmas.

Altogether they may have taken 10 minutes total. Love, love, love when the Lord gives me inspiration! My daughter & I are thinking of sneaking back to the fabric store & buying more fleece to make a scarf & hat for each of the older boys & a scarf for Dad. (He's not a big hat fella)

Although going to the fabric store is always dangerous. You never know what projects I can think up while staring down all those racks of calico...

Blessings.