Last hoo-rah! (of 2012)

°Today I have something new To show you, and a few patterns to share. As apart of my final crafting for Christmas I made an elf hat, complete with a pom-pom on top. The best part I learned that pom-poms can be made without a pom-pom maker, Previously I have used a cardboard method tonight I learned something new. Pom-poms can also be made by wrapping yarn around index and middle finger several times, not too tightly, You want to be able to open your fingers so that you may tie a string around the center. Once the string has been tied very tightly, the yarn  can be slipped off the fingers and the loops are snipped to create the pom-pom look. Give it a little shake to make it look messy and you're done! °Both of the hats' Pom-poms were made that way.. The other method for making pom-pom sister to cut out to circles of cardboard with holes in the middle. You want them to be fairly small because most pom-poms are going to be huge anyway, To use this technique you would want to wrap the yarn all the way around the cardboard covering it completely. Then continue with the next step by tying some yarn around the outside towards the middle then cut the loops off the outside of the cardboard.
°My next project I'd like to share with you requires no yarn and no sewing. °Simply cut out a ring from cardboard and cut a Strip of wrapping paper. Glue the back of the wrapping paper to the back of every then wrap the wrapping paper around from the middle to the outside in a continuous spiral around the wreath. If you need more wrapping paper cut more strips the strip should be about 3 inches wide. Remember to clear the ends down on the back of the wreath.This wreath can also be made using yarn.
° I almost forgot about my snowman. He is as easy as spreading peanut butter! I say peanut butter because his whole body is made out of a peanut butter jar covered with a sock. You Empty and clean the peanut butter jar then you get an old sock put the sock over the jar and cut the toes off, You could glue the sock to the jar if you want to but it's not necessary. I used a hairband to keep the sock on the jar. Then cut out some eyes, a nose, and a mouth, and glue them to the sock (we added a hat, you could make a scarf). We used felt for the face. And the snowman is as easy as that!
° My final project I would like to share with  you is a pattern for my awareness ribbon quilt. I made mine using 3 inch squares, some of the squares were cut diagonally to create two triangles and thus sewn together, the rectangles are 3" x 9".
Happy crafting!!