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| JojoNH |
Posted - Aug 07 2009 : 07:25:10 AM
I have started my list and have begun to gather all the needed supplies. Once September hits, I start my projects for gift giving.
I have done a handmade Christmas for as long as I can remember.
The only store bought items are things like a Computer or Tv. . otherwise, handmade!
Please share what you can about your handmade gifts without spoiling someones surprise ( they may be reading this!! ) Have you already got some things done? Is it to early for you to be thinking about it? Will this be your first time making handmade gifts? Looking forward to reading what all of you are up to!!
Joanna #566
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| MissLiss |
Posted - Oct 30 2009 : 8:58:01 PM
Hattah - I know what you mean...I can't wait til I'm finished with all my Christmas presents so I can make one of those shawls for myself - hopefully before Christmas so I can wear it when we go out and about to all the family gatherings!
Melissa ~ Farmgirl #724
Use it up, Wear it out, Make it do, Or go without! |
| hattah |
Posted - Sep 12 2009 : 07:02:00 AM
i was completely blah about doing anything until the sweater shawl in this months issue. lol now i have two going at once on my circular needle.
thank you mary jane
my family will thank you too! :D
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| knitnpickinatune |
Posted - Sep 11 2009 : 6:40:38 PM
Haven't done a Yule list yet,but am knitting for a co worker expecting her 1st child in late Nov. Made a hat & needing to go to Michaels for yarn to knit a baby blanket.
I have found that scarves are always appreciated in winter,as are wraps,shawls,anything that keeps one cozy & toasty! I have knit legwarmers & fingerless gloves for my dad,but he wants to keep em nice,so he never wears them.
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| Woodswoman |
Posted - Sep 11 2009 : 3:59:53 PM
I started!
I'm knitting scarves, and making different beeswax ornaments and candles!
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| ruenietwoshoes |
Posted - Sep 11 2009 : 3:07:09 PM
I'm getting ready to start on my christmas projects. Just bought dish towels to make half aprons yesterday! I'm excited!
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| StarMeadow |
Posted - Sep 11 2009 : 2:44:15 PM
Well Melissa you are all over it! YOU GO GIRL! ;-) |
| MissLiss |
Posted - Sep 11 2009 : 10:36:22 AM
I've figured everyone out and now am getting started! Cross-stitch for my Mom, a set of 3 framed houses to match the guest room she just redecorated. My Dad is getting a stepping stone for his garden - one that my 3 year-old will decorate while it's wet. My brother will be getting a scarf/cap combo with fire axes on them (he's a fireman) and as long as I can knit them, he'll be getting those! My daughter will be getting a doll house from her grandparents, so it's my job to make all the furnishings and finishing touches, as well as a few new doll clothes (which I'm having trouble making without a pattern). My husband will be getting what you lovely ladies suggested - a gear themed Christmas. I'm going to make him a bag for all his gun cleaning junk (he's a cop) and a bag for all his iPod cables. I'll be buying him a charging station for his cell and flashlight, etc. and he may be getting something else too, I haven't come up with it yet. Men are so hard to buy/make for! Good luck to all of you on your Christmas lists!
Melissa ~ Farmgirl #724
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| MissLiss |
Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 8:32:50 PM
A charging station is a great idea! He's got a cell, the ipod, his work flashlight (weird, but it plugs in to charge), etc. That's another great idea! It feels like this Christmas will be a gizmo accessories organizer keeper thingies kind of Christmas! I love it! I'm going to have to post all of my problems in the chats since you girls seem to help me solve them so quickly! ;-)
Melissa
Use it up,
Wear it out,
Make it do,
Or go without! |
| StarMeadow |
Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 5:58:55 PM
Hey Melissa...what about a charging station for those electronic gadgets? I know that's not a handmade gift. Or maybe a quilted/pocketed thing (LOL...I don't know what you call it) but you put it over the arm of the couch and it holds the tv guide/remotes/etc? :-) Then again...this one is pretty cool and it's only $14.95 at http://www.organize.com/soorbl.html AND, there are some pretty nice "silky" boxer shorts you can pick up! |
| MissLiss |
Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 4:34:08 PM
Thanks girls for the tips! My husband is in law enforcement and doesn't really have a *hobby*. I know that sounds weird, but when he's not at work he's just sitting on the couch watching t.v. I guess I could classify him as a sports guy, but he doesn't really go to games and all that. He just watches them at home. So it's hard to come up with gifts since he doesn't have something I can always go to. My father loves tools, so I can always fall back on some cool new tool for him, but my husband has nothing that he's really into. I hear you about the jeans, socks, undies StarMeadow! I usually end up getting him stuff like that too and I feel like those are, I don't know, not very exciting gifts. It's nice to come up with something that get's a WOW! ;-) The duffle bag idea is a good one, so is the storage bags for things...He does have an ipod with accessories all over the house, maybe a bag for all that stuff...and one for his gun cleaning gear! I could even do some kind of funny embroidery on the front! You girls! That's great, now I have something! Thanks a heap, you all have got my creative juices flowing!
Melissa
Use it up,
Wear it out,
Make it do,
Or go without! |
| Roxy7 |
Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 10:48:43 AM
Star, I miss those days.....but I wouldnt do it now. Its hard with a little one. Especially being on the road. Wont happen.
I couldnt find the peach butter recipe. I only looked in Farm kitchen. We have yummy peaches around here, although my trees didnt fruit this year because of a late frost. |
| StarMeadow |
Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 08:25:48 AM
Yummmm peaches.....
Robin..he does both. Today he's at the state fair with Mark Farner (Grand Funk Railroad). He's been on the road, in the studio, symphony orchestras, theatre, corporate audio, Jazz fest, Detroit Car Show, Super Bowl, churches....it's never been dull. Was on tour for a long while in the early 90's with Sawyer Brown.... We met while he was recording a live album of a chamber choir I was in.
Ooops sorry to steal the thread for a minute...back to those peaches...is that recipe in Farm Kitchen? And speaking of fruit butters and bread...thought I could put the two jars of butters with the bread in a basket with a liner... |
| Roxy7 |
Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 07:50:27 AM
Star, I used to be an engineer, back in the day. Does you hubby work in a studio or live? |
| Suzan |
Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 07:36:28 AM
StarMeadow, check out the peach butter recipe too, everyone always loves it! |
| StarMeadow |
Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 07:10:22 AM
My husband is the same way. I would never buy him anything for his work or his hobbies....he just has it in his head what he wants and that's about it. My go-to-gifts are usually jeans/socks/undies....which can hardly be thought of as a "gift" I suppose.. He hates to be cold so I've gotten him flannel/fuzzy pj pants or fleece from the camping store (does double duty for motorcycle/work)... Oh..and this year for his birthday...got him a thermal cotton blanket for our bed. Why? Cause I am so hot and he's always cold and the blanket has kept him warm but this summer but hasn't overwhelmed the whole bed causing me to move to the couch!
The things I've made my hubby that have actually been a hit were knitted socks. He loves his hand knit socks. He doesn't wear them out but wears them at home when he's done with his day. The other thing that worked well were hand made "ditty" bags. I've made bags for headphones, cables, and misc gear. (He's an audio engineer). That kind of stuff is just so expensive and all it is, is just velvet or leather or fleece. Shoot, I can do that! ;-) Add some velcro or a tie, we're in!
Who knows? Maybe something like those socks would be just the ticket? (I made the neighbor a wool hat/scarf for keeping us plowed...he was digging that...)
Good luck.
OH...and I got a GREAT crockpot apple butter recipe from the farm kitchen thread that will be my holiday gift to secretaries/teachers and the like...a jar of that, a loaf of homemade bread, and homemade butter! |
| JojoNH |
Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 05:20:10 AM
Hi Melissa, LOL!! Sounds like our guys could be brothers!! Since we do not know your hubby's hobbies, it is kind of hard to give you a suggestion. Since it is hot where you are that is a challenge too.
One thing that does come to mind ( if you sew) is to make him his own personal duffel bag and fill it with all the things he needs for his car/truck. Example: Cleaning supplies for both inside and out of his vehicle, rags, sponges, wax, ground cloth, gloves, etc. You get the idea. Something he will use and appreciate
Joanna #566
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| MissLiss |
Posted - Aug 27 2009 : 7:12:40 PM
Hi all! This year will be a homemade Christmas at our house too. My daughter and I are making a cement stepping stone that she will decorate with pebbles for grampy, some dishcloths for grammy, possibly a doggie bed for Uncle T (he just got a new puppy and I have to make sure he didn't already get a doggie bed). My daughter will be getting some doll clothes for her Barbies and possibly some furniture (someone mentioned something about plastic canvas Barbie furniture that I'm going to look into). But I can never figure out what to make/get my husband. If he wants something, he buys it and if I ask him if there's anything he'd like me to make for him, he tells me not to waste my time he doesn't need presents. What kind of answer is that?!?!? So if anyone could give me an idea for a husband appropriate gift I would really appreciate it! Oh, by the way, we live in a very hot climate and so though I'm a knitter, I can't really knit him anything because he would never need to wear it!
Melissa
Use it up,
Wear it out,
Make it do,
Or go without! |
| Suzan |
Posted - Aug 12 2009 : 09:13:02 AM
I'm with all of you on the aprons...I have to stay away from eBay and estate sales...I'm addicted for sure, for all kinds and unusual patterns too...I just used some vintage ones at my daughter's wedding to cover the cookies on the cookie table until time to eat, I had so many compliments on them and the "where did you get them all?" |
| Roxy7 |
Posted - Aug 12 2009 : 08:14:38 AM
quote:
Originally posted by 4HMom
I think aprons can become as addictive as shoes for some lol! I keep seeing more and more patterns and fabrics I want aprons out of
"Be the change you want to see in the world" -Gandhi
I agree. I have been telling a friend who has far better sewing skills than I, to make some aprons. I even gave her about 15 yards of "cow" fabric, I had been saving to make aprons with. |
| dutchy |
Posted - Aug 12 2009 : 07:21:58 AM
quote:
Originally posted by 4HMom
I think aprons can become as addictive as shoes for some lol! I keep seeing more and more patterns and fabrics I want aprons out of
"Be the change you want to see in the world" -Gandhi
LOL me too!!!!!
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| 4HMom |
Posted - Aug 12 2009 : 07:18:49 AM
I think aprons can become as addictive as shoes for some lol! I keep seeing more and more patterns and fabrics I want aprons out of
"Be the change you want to see in the world" -Gandhi |
| JojoNH |
Posted - Aug 12 2009 : 04:08:18 AM
Wow, you farmgirls are a real inspiration!! There are some great ideas and some wonderful links being shared. I agree with Suzan, everyone needs an apron. . . so few have them!
Looking forward to reading more!! PS: We love pictures too!!
Joanna #566
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| Roxy7 |
Posted - Aug 11 2009 : 9:33:32 PM
Thanks Jessie, I love that site. I should be able to make one for my niece. I made some really primitive type dolls ages ago, but "primitive" is the operative word here. |
| quiltin mama |
Posted - Aug 11 2009 : 5:34:59 PM
As far as Christmas goes, I'm cuurently working on:
A quilt for my SIL
Aprons for my MIL, grandma, and aunts
Canned jams and foods for others
Soap for others
I so prefer homemade gifts to recieve (but rarely get them.) I hope that others feel the same way! :)
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| Sitnalta |
Posted - Aug 11 2009 : 4:38:14 PM
Robin-- This shows a pretty tutorial on how to make rag dolls :)
http://www.sewing.circleofcrafters.com/freeragdollpattern.html
hope it helps :)
hugs
Jessie
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They sparkle and shine when the sun is out,
but when the darkness sets in,
their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
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