Monday, December 15, 2014

FCCB # 241 - Anything Goes Holiday Edition


This weeks challenge on the Fantabulous Cricut Challeng Blog is...
Anything Goes Holiday Edition!!!!

I could not resist making these holiday towels using the Christmas Cheer (tree) & Joys of the Season (ornament) Cricut Cartridges!



Tree Towel Details:
1)  Apply Fusable Web to fabric following the directions of the fusable web purchased.
2)  Using the Christmas Cheer Cricut Cartridge cut The from page 91 from the Green fabric at 6”  using the Blackout Feature
3)  Hand cut a tree trunk from the brown fabric
4)  Following the instructions fuse the Brown Tree Trunk the Tea Towel first.
5)  Then fuse the Green Tree Cut the Tea Towel overlapping slightly the Brown Tree Trunk.
6)  Using sewing machine stitch around the Christmas Tree using a matching thread colours
7)  Tie a bow with the Green Ribbon and hand sew the bow and a red button to the  bottom of the Christmas Tree.

Supplies: 
Ribbon: PTI (Green)
Fabric:  Noel by Susan Winget (green) and Mrs March’s Collection in Antique (Brown)
Tea Towel:  Gillett’s from Canadian Tire (Red)
Fusable Web:  HeatnBond Lite
Buttons:  Red button from PTI
Die cut machine:  Cricut Expression
Die cut cartridges:  Christmas Cheer Pg 91 using the Blackout Feature cut at 6”
Sewing machine:  Kenmore
Thread:  Guetermann

Ornament Towel Detials
1)  Apply Fusable Web to fabric following the directions of the fusable web purchased.
2)  Using the Joys of the Season Cricut Cartridge cut The from page 79 from the Fa la la fabric at 3 ½”  using the Blackout Feature
3)  Using the Joys of the Season Cricut Cartridge cut the from page 79 from the green Fabric at 3 ½”  using the Blackout Feature
4)  On the green fabric cut remove and cut off the Ornament portion of the fabric saving the ornament top
5)  Cut off the top of the Ornament on the fa la la fabric piece ensuring that you have a round circle.
6)  Following the instructions fuse the green cut of the Ornament to the Tea Towel first.
7)  Then fuse the Fa la la portion of the Ornament to the Tea Towel overlapping slightly the green top.
8)  Using sewing machine stitch around the Ornament top using a matching thread colours
9)  Tie a bow with the Pink Ribbon and hand sew the bow and a green button to the ornament top.

Supplies: 
Ribbon: Elan by H.A. Kidd
Fabric:  Fabric 12 Days of Christmas by Kate Spain for Moda (Fa la la),  STOF Quilters Basic (Green)
Tea Towel:  Gillett’s from Canadian Tire (Blue)
Fusable Web:  HeatnBond Lite
Buttons:  Green button from PTI
Die cut machine:  Cricut Expression
Die cut cartridges:  Joys of the Season Pg 79 using the Blackout Feature cut at 3 ½”
Sewing machine:  Kenmore
Thread:  Guetermann

3 comments:

Sharon said...

So pretty!

Missy said...

These are darling Avril!! I've never cut with fabric before but I really want to try!!

Rosanne said...

One of those looks really familiar! Both are gorgeous!