The lurgy has struck and DG and I have been knocked off our feet by it this week, I’m trying to look on the bright side – at least it should be over and done with by Christmas!
On the plus side, we’ve managed to do a bit of gentle crafting together in front of the fire, curl up and watch films and I got round to doing the online bit of Christmas shopping. Yesterday we were inspired by a little feature in Ideal Home’s Complete Guide to Christmas (brilliantly edited by my lovely friend Heather ;-)) and gave some of our manky old baubles a new lease of life with a patchwork of festive fabrics!
Making Christmas Baubles
We chose two fabrics each, one which was brightly coloured and one in contrast, and cut them into small pieces in a variety of shapes. Using PVA glue we stuck the fabric onto our old baubles and then pasted a thin layer of glue all over the finished bauble to hold it all in place.
We think they turned out pretty well!
So, what have you been up to this week? Are your decorations all up? Is your shopping all done (I can answer ‘NO’ to both those questions!)
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Hello! I'm Chris, vegan lover of life, wordsmith, storyteller, picture taker, mum to four. Welcome to Thinly Spread where I share recipes, kitchen stories, travels, adventures and family warmth from our home in deepest Somerset and our boat in Poole.
I LOVE your baubles. They look lovely!
Thank you for hosting the very lovely Festive Friday!
Maggy
These look really, really gorgeous x
Those are really pretty! I think that’s a great idea and means you having something unique for your tree.
I think these look wonderful, and you’ve reminded me that this was something I wanted to make this year. I hope you’re feeling a bit better x
These look lovely and it’s a brilliant and way of updating tired baubles. In fact I reckon even I could manage this one.
DO IT!!! And let me know how you get on, I would LOVE it if you made them 🙂
Love these! I’m having difficult finding Christmas fabric and may need to scour a few shops this weekend but I’d love to make a string of these to hang in the hallway. I’ve stumbled, pinned and linked up.
those baubles look amazing!
They are lovely Chris!