Dried citrus fruit is great for making Christmas decorations. There’s something wonderful about using natural materials for making stuff. As well as the end result looking lovely, the process is fun, they smell amazing and they don’t contribute to landfill. Providing they don’t get damp and warm (and…
Following on from my last post on how to make wire and bead Christmas decorations (which you can read here), here is another tutorial for making a wire and bead decoration. It requires the same materials and the same kind of techniques, it’s just a bit more fiddly!…
It’s good to have some sparkle on your Christmas tree, right? Non sparkly tree decorations are fine, but we also need some twinkly ones! Here is 2 tutorials for making your own sparkly, twinkly Christmas decorations. They are very easy to make so get the kids on board too!…
Following on from the cookie cutter decorations tutorial, here is another fabric Christmas decoration you can make if you have a holly shaped cutter. If you don’t have one, it doesn’t matter because you can make your own holly leaf template. I actually couldn’t find mine in the…
One of the things I am finding out as I am making fabric Christmas decorations is how great they are for using up scraps! I actually haven’t needed to buy fabric or anything else to make any of these, I’ve used stuff I already had, fabric, ribbon and buttons….
Here is another easy little tutorial for fabric Christmas decorations. It is a patchwork star made using 12 diamonds, 6 for the front and 6 for the back. This is a perfect scrap project as the star can be made as large or as small as you like. How…