Continuous Bias Binding Tape Tutorial

Well of course I ran out of red bias binding two days before a Christmas Market for which I am trying to finish of some cute sweet little girl's Christmas dresses.

After wasting 3 hrs trying to find some ready made I decided it will be faster if I give it a go myself. But I wanted a SUPER QUICK - SUPER EASY method!

PHOTO: www.coletterie.com

After looking for a tutorial I found this amazing, simple, fast, fabulous, easy to follow tutorial at Coletterie. This tutorial is written by Rachel and has great photos to follow too!

So ... have a go!

Tutorials ...

Today I'll be listing some of the tutorials I currently have on my blog into my sidebar ... please feel free to check them out and comment! Most of them are Christmas Crafts but I promise I will be adding more tutorials on sewing, basic embroidery, making, cooking and heaps more!

Starry Starry Night ... Starry White Christmas

Starry White Christmas

Ingredients:

500g White Chocolate

1/3 cup Pistachios

1/3 cup Glace Cherries

150g Mini Marshmallows

1/4 Shredded Coconut

Method:

1. In a heatproof bowl melt the chocolate over a saucepan of simmering water. Do not let the bowl sit in the water. Use a metal spoon as a wooden spoon may have too much moisture in it.

2. Roughly chop the Pistachio's. 

3. Cut the Glace Cherries in half.

4. Mix all ingredients in a medium sized bowl.

5. Line a baking tray with baking paper.

6. Pour the chocolate mix into the tray and press with the back of a spoon.

7. Refrigerate for a few hours

8. When chilled cut into shapes with a star cookie cutter.

Serve!

Christmas Chocolate Bark - Cranberry and Pistachio

Cranberry and Pistachio Chocolate Bark

INGREDIENTS:

500g Milk or Dark Chocolate

300g White Chocolate

1/2 cup  Pistachios

1/2 cup Dried Cranberries (Craisins)

METHOD:

1. In separate heat proof bowls melt the milk and white chocolates over simmering water. Do not let the bowls touch the water, use a metal spoon to stir the chocolate (wooden spoons may contain moisture)

2. Roughly chop the Cranberries and Pistachios.

3. Line a baking tray with baking paper or foil.

4. Spread the milk chocolate over the tray. Drizzle the white chocolate over the milk chocolate in parts and around the edges.

5. Using a knife or skewer drag the chocolates into each other to create a marble effect.

6. Sprinkle the Cranberries and Pistachio's over the chocolate and lightly press.

7. Refrigerate for at least 1 1/12 hours. Cut or break into thin strips to eat!

Christmas birds ...

So what can you do with some styrofoam eggs and feathers?

Tutorial: Christmas Feather Wreath

Christmas Feather Wreath

Materials:

•  Small embroidery hoop 
• Cream grosgrain ribbon
•  Satin ribbon 25cm – 50cm wide 
• Pearl buttons 
• Cream Turkey Feathers 
• Hot-glue gun and hot  glue sticks

Instructions:

1.     Wrap the embroidery hoop with the grosgrain ribbon leaving a tail at the top to form a loop to hang the wreath.

2.     Using the hot glue attach the feathers to the ribbon wrapped hoop

3.     Cut the ribbon into strips and using a running stitch gather them into small flower shapes

 

4.    Hot-glue the flower shapes to the feathers and attach the pearl the middle of the flowers

TUTORIAL: Recycled Paper Christmas Tree Decoration

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Hi! Welcome to the beginning of "Christmas with Kitty Boo Boo". I love a handmade Christmas with all the making and creating and I love sharing the joy of making and creating too. From  now through to Christmas I will be sharing some of my Christmas decoration ideas. I hope you find something you like to make and I'd love to hear your feedback and see your versions! Please feel free to link back to my blog!

Note: All instructions and photographs are my own and copyrighted. If you choose to use them please credit them back to me. Thanks

Recycled Christmas Trees with Glitter

Materials:

* Small magazine or book

* Gold Spray Paint

* Glitter

* Scissors

Instructions:

1.    Fold the spine of the magazine so that it is broken

2.    Fold the pages of the magazine in towards the spine one at a time. Then fold them all in again so the fold is smaller.

 

 3.    Use scissors to cut the irregular shape from the bottom of the pages. You could leave this attached but if the paper of the magazine is soft or thin the tree will be unstable

       

 

4.    Spray the small tree with the gold paint and dust with glitter

 Now you have a gorgeous table centerpiece.

 

Other ideas:

Spray with adhesive glue (so you can still see the text) and then sprinkle with glitter

Kitty Boo Boo's Last Market for 2010

5pm - 9pm

Spread over three venues

King George Square 

Albert St

Burnett Lane

Brisbane City, Qld

BRISSTYLE BRINGS "HANDMADE HOLIDAYS" TO THE CBD

The BrisStyle Indie Twilight Markets in Brisbane's CBD have become renowned for being "Brisbane's HOTtest destination for everything "handmade" under the stars", promoting local indie artists and bringing to the city the most fashionable, hip and quirky wares that revive traditional crafts with a decidedly contemporary feel.

The December 17 Christmas Market is set to evoke those nostalgic and traditional memories from the Queensland Christmases and Summer Holidays of everyone's childhoods and will be a night of entertainment and Christmas cheer for all the family.

The City centre will provide the perfect setting to showcase the talented local designers BrisStyle, with marketeers setting up their lantern-lit stalls beneath the King George Square's statuesque Christmas tree and down into Albert Street and around into the hip Burnett Lane precinct.

In particular, Burnett Lane will turn on its own quirky and unique brand of Christmas magic with edgy designers as well as local indie performers. A video Installation will be projected onto the walls of the Laneway depicting the Handmade Holiday theme which will capture the quirky Christmas memories of days gone by.

The big band sounds of the "Brisbane Excelsior Band" Australasia's premier brass band will fill King George Square with the sounds of Christmas while the Allstar Jazz trio and street performers roam through the crowds.

The Markets will be supporting the Lord Mayor's Community Trust with a Christmas Hamper full of gorgeous handmade wares donated by all the stallholders with councilor Fiona King drawing the winning ticket on the night.

Support your local community and shop ethically this Christmas at Brisbane's HOTtest destination for everything handmade under the stars.

Tutorial: Vintage Paper Christmas Star Ornament

Vintage Paper Star Ornament

Materials: 

• Star pattern 
• Sheet music 
• Photo copier
•  Silver thread 
• Scrapbooking eyelets 

Optional
 

·         Marking pen

·         Jump rings

·         Pliers to manipulate the jump rings

Instructions:

1. Print, and cut out the pattern. Choose the solid outline that gives you the star size you like, or make three copies to create small, medium, or large ornaments.

2. Use a photocopy machine to transfer the sheet music to standard copy paper.

3. Trace the outline of the star pattern on the copied sheet music. For extra visual interest, tilt the paper slightly.

4. Using the pattern as your guide, fold the cut out stars. Solid lines indicate "mountain folds" (fold comes toward you); dashed lines indicate "valley folds."

5. Punch a small hole in the location shown on the pattern. Insert an eyelet for reinforcement. Use the silver thread to hang the ornament.

Optional extra:

Using the marking pen I have drawn an Angel on the sheet music and cut it out.

I then inserted an eyelet in the bottom of the star and the top of the Angel. I attached the Angel to the stars using the jump rings.

Tutorial: Christmas Feather Wreath

Christmas Feather Wreath

Materials:

•  Small embroidery hoop 
• Cream grosgrain ribbon
•  Satin ribbon 25cm – 50cm wide 
• Pearl buttons 
• Cream Turkey Feathers 
• Hot-glue gun and hot  glue sticks

Instructions:

1.     Wrap the embroidery hoop with the grosgrain ribbon leaving a tail at the top to form a loop to hang the wreath.

2.     Using the hot glue attach the feathers to the ribbon wrapped hoop

3.     Cut the ribbon into strips and using a running stitch gather them into small flower shapes

 

4.    Hot-glue the flower shapes to the feathers and attach the pearl the middle of the flowers

Tutorial: Victorian Silhouette Ornaments

Victorian Silhouette Ornaments

Materials:

•  Silhouette pattern 
• Scrapbooking paper 
• GlueScissors 
• Miniature embroidery or cross stitch frames
•  Cord to match frame colour

Instructions:

1. Print, and cut out the silhouette patterns. 

2. Take the frame apart and cut the scrapbooking paper to the same size and shape of the inner part of the frame using it as a template.

   

3. Glue the silhouette to the paper

4. Reassemble the frames, cut some cord and attach to the top of the frame to hang

Tutorial - Super Easy Stockings - Ribbon or Ric Rac

Super Easy Stockings – Ribbon or Ric Rac

Materials

To make one stocking:

·         40cm of outer fabric

·         40cm lining fabric (optional)

·         25cm fabric for cuff

·         Thread

·         Scissors

·         Decorative button

·         15cm of ribbon for hanging

·         40cm each of 4 to 8 coordinating ribbons or Ric Rac

·         Coordinating thread for topstitching

STEP 1

Cutting the fabric

Cut out or trace the stocking template.

Tape the body and foot templates together.

Cut two cuff pieces from the cuff fabric and two stocking pieces from the stocking fabric.

STEP 2

Decorating the stocking

Place ribbons/ric rac on outside of one stocking piece and pin in place when you are happy. Stitch down with coordinating thread. If your machine has decorative stitches these may look great on the ribbons

If you want to decorate the cuff with an appliqué now is the time to do it

STEP 3

Stitching the stocking together

Place one of the cuff pieces to one of the stocking pieces right sides together, pin and stitch together. Repeat with the other cuff and stocking with the stocking facing the opposite direction.

Place these pieces right sides together and sew with a 1cm seam allowance around the outside edge of the stocking and cuff.

Use your pinking shears to cut around the entire edge of the stocking and cuff. Make sure you cut close to the edge so you don't cut the seam.

Fold over a hem at the top of the cuff and stitch. Now fold the cuff over the stocking at the seam.

STEP 4

Attaching the ribbon hanging loop

Taking a piece of ribbon form a loop and stitch to the outer edge of the stocking at the seam that is in line with the heel of the stocking.

Stitch a decorative button on the ribbon and you are finished

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