Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Handmade Christmas




Every year I continue to be amazed at the beautiful gifts we create.  We want to share them, but even more we want to remember them and therefore I record them here. 
* Aria sewed a tool belt out of brown corduroy and batik patterned material for Elias, our woodworker.                *Elias and Aria teamed up to put together a cook book for Ben, filled with some favorite recipes and some new to try in a material covered binder. 
* Likewise Ben and Elias teamed up to  sew a mattress, comforter and pillow for Aria's special doll.  
*We all freezer stenciled Chris a t-shirt with a bull fighter, to mark our summer trip to spain
*I sewed a quilt for Elias using a good amount of jean from all the pants he wore through in the past year. I was thrilled with the results
*For shai I made a pair of wings for him to sing and dance around in- they turned out a little big needing a bit of modifying
*a embroidered camp blanket for Aria
*a water bottle holder for Elias from Ben

There were others, but these were our highlights.

3 comments:

sm said...

great idea with the jeans/pants in the quilt. boys can't really pass on clothing (as i've learned 3-4 washes into fierce's hand-me-downs to bosco)

amanda said...

what great presents!

gardening gal said...

It must be true for everyone because the second hand stores don't seem to carry boys clothes past size 8ish.

thanks :)