A Comet's Creation: advent

Thursday, November 22, 2012

advent calendar

This is my advent calendar! I made it, if you couldn't tell. It was quite easy. My inspiration for this project came from THIS one. again, I couldn't find a how-to. so i used a tutorial to learn how to do a pillow case and I chose the envelope style pillow case because it looked easy! The whole case is satin. I had a set of satin sheets and used those. the Belt is removable using velcro and is just plain fabric with that stuff you used for tote straps inside to give it stiffness. All the writing was done with fabric markers! My embroidery on my machine is too small, so I hand wrote. I also added a fabric belt buckle and fabric loops. the idea is to slide the belt each day as you get closer to christmas! I was excited to do this one. hope you like it!

holiday chairs

Everyone loves a little holiday cheer. So how about dressing up your kitchen chairs for the season. I saw this idea all over the internet. All the sites I saw these on were to buy them for outragous prices. Then again, I'm a poor retail worker. I can afford fabric on sale but not the covers. I could not find a tutorial anywhere for these, so I kind of made it up as I went. My inspiration can be found on THIS site. I'm pretty sure the price is $30 each. so for a set of 4 you are spending over $100!! I have four kitchen chairs, not 1! So I took fabric I already had and made it up. Mine aren't nearly as professional or as good. As a matter of fact, one of mine started tearing apart in the washing machine! Teaches me to do a small seam on satin! But, I hope you like these. This is the first finished project for the holidays I have. I love how easy these were to make. If anyone wants to know how to make their own let me know and I'll post a tutorial when I make my next set!