#xmas crafts

[msnogood]

Albert the Christmas Star

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE! This is Albert.

You can see how he was made here!

Materials we used:

Upcycled shiny fabric that was a gift bag from some random purchase as top fabric (strange but often where I get novelty fabric scraps)

Used shirt with holes on it as lining fabric

Random non-stretch fabric as Albert's guts

Poly fill (best to use the silky smooth kind)

Recycled poly batting from grocery delivery padding material as core wool (or other coarse poly fill would also work)

Carded acrylic yarn in yellow as top wool (hand-carded with a cat hair remover thingy)

Glass sewing pins

Polyester sewing threads

Some paper and pencil for mock-up

Optional: jingle bells from abandoned cat toys

Tools we used:

Sewing needles

Felting needles

Seam ripper

Scissors

Wire cutter

Felting foam platform (recycled packaging materials)

To make Albert:

Use shiny fabric.

Cut fabric into a star shape with a flat bottom (for his bum).

Line your star cut-out with your liner fabric (you may skip this part if you feel like your shiny fabric is strong / thick enough).

Sew the star with back-stitch. Leave the bottom hole open.

Flip that star through the bottom hole and set it aside.

Draw a mock-up of Albert's face and cut a few layers of poly batting in approximately his shape. If you are using poly fill instead, you can skip this part and start needle felting a rough base shape shown in next step.

Stab it some.

To speed up the felting of the base, use soap and hot water to gently massage it until it starts feeling noticeably more felted. You may skip this step if you have more patience than me at stabbing.

Add facial features with core wool such as cheeks, chin, and forehead.

Add top wool.

As well as smaller facial features like lips.

Cut glass pins to length so they don't poke through the face. Bend them downward a little and pin at a slight angle downward so they more secure (than poking them straight towards the back).

Sew your optional bells at the five tips of Albert’s body.

Stuff Albert with poly fill.

Sew Albert's face on his body. Put him aside.

For Albert's guts, it's just a small pocket. Cut out a piece of rectangle that is roughly the width of his bottom hole and cut the length at double however long your christmas tree tip is. Mine was around 6ish" long that folded into a 3" deep pocket. Sewn with running stitch back and forth.

Flip his gut pocket inside out. Shove it at his bottom. Sew it onto its body (make sure to sew it to the top and lining fabric together for strength cause that part will need it).

And you have yourself an Albert*.

*Albert means noble and bright!

[teddy-bear-naps-and-random-snaps]

[xtaleunderverse]

New XTALE X-MAS CHARMS!

NOTE: Shipments are expected first week of January, but we are working with the supplier to attempt Christmas time delivery!! https://www.loadingcrewcrafts.com/store?Category=Jakei+Art

[retrogamingblog2]

Pokemon Tree Toppers made by MBKraftStudio

[emilyscastlevania]

Vampire moth by The Magical Bat

[zilluzion]

for those of you already planning your christmas trees and decor...

for those of you already planning your christmas trees and decor... these are completely hand made and a bit experimental, not sure if anyone will be interested in buying, but if you are it'd mean the world to me! https://ko-fi.com/s/f226f47d72 

[holly-days]

by marenbaxter

[thedenofravenpuff]

Finally completed this long ongoing cross stitch project! At least the embroidery part is done. Waiting for a delivery of the thingies needed to install it on to hang it up on a wall.

Gotta sew on lil rings too, for the numbers. As a Danish advent calendar, each number is a day counting up to yule. And by each there'll be little gifts tied up to be unpacked as ya get to each day.

Very excited to see what my niece might think of this one, all own design just for her!

Enjoy

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[darqx]

2022 Xmas card trades were mini shaker bottles!...because past!Me decided to randomly buy some. Can you see the common thread between all my craft projects XDD These were actually pretty quick to put together all things considering (which was great cos I started them really late lol).

Pro tip never use plastic bottles like I did because ugh they scratch so easily.

Made from: Mini plastic bottles, craft paper, pipecleaner, felt, beads, buttons, thread, matchsticks, random scrapbooking bits and bobs

[cuttlebirb]

The last of my illustrated xmas gifts! This time it's Lucy, from Fairy Tail!

Unlike the other gifts, this one was made to work as a custom mousepad LOL. It turned out nice!

[jj3llyfishh]

[msnogood]

Albert the slightly dim Christmas star

Albert, child of night. He may look a bit like a fool with a plastic tree up his bum but he brings us merriment for the festive season.

Made with recycled fabric, acrylic fiber, poly stuffing, glass pins, cat toy bells, and threads.

I tried to film the making of Albert and it was a very intrusive act to my craft trance. I already knew filming and editing is a different set of work in itself, but it makes me appreciate the effort of well thought-out youtube creators even more. I don’t know how they stay in one place and film almost 90% of their process because I was literally crying from forcing my hands to stay on my table while not being able to see where my needle is poking at with my heavily astigmatized vision plus an accursed eye floater that refuses to leave whom I have named Jezebel.

Hopefully I will edit the footages into something decent soon.

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[inestheunicorn]

For all you crafty babes you can make your own popup postcards! 🌟 From a chonky pigeon to a gingerbread house, I designed these 2 years ago and I still love them so much! 🎄

To make your own, just grab your fave from my digital downloads shop here 🎅

[retrogamingblog2]

Pokemon Tree Toppers made by MBKraftStudio

[ballpointdoll]

finished knitting this set for my mom's malibu. (dont mind the clashing swimsuit peeking out. she bit us when we tried to remove it.) i had to get used to knitting again and try out my stitch counts and needle sizes, so this was a good way to make something low effort but with an appreciated result.

vague instructions under cut if you want to knit similar

fingering weight yarn (i think. im not good at this i just test stuff and see what works) on 3mm needles for the main parts but 2mm needles for the cast-on and the k1p1 rib on the edges, to make those look neater.

34st co for the hat (mine is stitched in the back bc i dont knit round) is a good but tight fit on malibu heads, didnt try it on anyone else, doing a swatch first is best ofc both if your doll is different and if your yarn and tension is different than mine. after a few rows of 34st (maybe 7 or so rows?) decrease quickly but gradually (quickly to remove unnecessary bulk, gradually for nice tapering shape).

clothes are on a classic barbie body (i used my MTM while knitting and it also fits this malibu repro body). the dress and cardigan have a bit different yarn weight (cotton vs wool mix)

the dress is a tube and total 40st wide around chest, 32st around waist, and prob around 40st for hips too (i was dcr from the co which was a bit wider). again though doing test swatches saves lives.

the grey cardigan was knit in panels (front x2, back, sleeve x2). the back is just 32st with no dcr (co same k1p1 rib on 2mm as stated at top^ for all this sweater's bottom parts and sleeve cuffs tho not visible bc mom folded them over), each front panel is 16st out of which 3st are a garter edge (knit every row for those 3st). the sleeves are co 12st for the rib, incr to 14st total when switching to stockinette, and incr to 16st total by the elbow. they are pretty tight and i wrote in my notes to maybe incr to 16 after the rib and 18 at the elbow, but it depends if you want a tighter or chunkier fit. and ofc, what your yarns are like. swatches plz. the garter edges still want to curl quite a bit so blocking this wouldve been convenient (but i never do) or simply tying a ribbon between them or adding a small button to keep them in place would work. lazily embroidered a little poinsettia or star type thing on each front panel.

if i make a sweater with the same yarn of the cardigan after this i'd go with a bit less than the cardigan's panel widths, maybe around 28st instead of 32st and see how that goes, but its not a bad look with the cozy loose size either. i think this wont rly help anyone tho bc it will just depend on your yarn and tension and doll.

tip for making boring test swatches: you can make miniature pillows or blankets out of them, or squares to use for miniature quilts, or miniature rugs, etc. they dont have to feel like a waste of time. just write down a note in some organised place about the swatch size/stitchcount results and what yarn it is and what needles you used, so you dont have to keep worrying about that once the swatch found its new use.