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Crafts: Making Bigger Snowflakes
16 Nov 2022

Crafts: Making Bigger Snowflakes

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Christmas, Plastic Canvas | 4

What better time than than the first snowfall (in my part of Ontario) of the season to share my pattern for making bigger snowflakes from plastic canvas and yarn. Feelings about snow change through the years, from exciting when young, … Continued

ornaments, Patterns, snowflakes
Embroidery: Christmas Sewing
17 Sep 2022

Embroidery: Christmas Sewing

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Christmas, Embroidery | 16

It is never too early to start Christmas crafting, but it can be too late if you keep putting it off. Using a pattern from Cutsey Crafts I stitched a Christmas piece of embroidery. This is in a 4 inch … Continued

embroidery thread, homemade ornaments, ornaments, slow stitching
Craft: Sea Glass Trees
20 Nov 2021

Craft: Sea Glass Trees

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Christmas, Crafty's Projects | 14

The twig trees have some new sea glass tree ornaments added this year. The wooden discs were cut from dried branches. Each is about 5.5 cm across. The dimensions will vary according to the branches you use. I don’t like … Continued

Christmas trees, homemade ornaments, ornaments, sea glass, wooden discs
Plastic Canvas: Inside Snowflakes
21 Dec 2018

Plastic Canvas: Inside Snowflakes

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Christmas, Plastic Canvas | 5

Snow is pretty when it covers the trees and shrubs but it is prettier when it is inside decorating some red dogwood branches.  I’m sharing a simple pattern made with plastic canvas (clear or white) and some white yarn (plain … Continued

ornaments, Patterns, snowflakes
Clay Embellished Ornaments
24 Nov 2018

Clay Embellished Ornaments

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Christmas | 4

This is a way to fancy up those shiny coloured ornaments.  I used a cold porcelain dough, some plain and some tinted green to cut out leaves to add to the ornaments.  This was a craft we made at Creative … Continued

clay, Creative crafting group, homemade ornaments, ornaments
Making Beaded Ornaments
18 Nov 2018

Making Beaded Ornaments

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Christmas | 8

~ I love it when Christmas comes creeping in.  Doing a little bit now means I don’t have to do a whole lot later on.  There is gift making and ornament making going on right now These little ornaments will … Continued

beads, homemade ornaments, ornaments

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