Cancelled.

I knew that we would be very lucky to have all our appointments kept without needed to reschedule so I am grateful that it has taken this long for it to happen to us. Tomorrow's appointment has been moved back to the 14th May. It is not a big set back, only a week based on appointments every 2 week, so I have some time to get my head straight.

In the mean time I have submitted the following article for the blog kept by Sew Sweet (http://www.sew-sweet-blog.blogspot.com/) which they will hopefully publish later in year but as this project has been one I have really enjoyed it and am really pleased with the result I thought I would add it here.

After a Facebook request from the nice ladies at Sew Sweet I have kept a blog post of me making their lovely Stocking Advent Calendar but first to introduce myself. I am Victoria, a novice crafter who likes to have a go at lots of different things include card making, cross stitch, sewing and anything else that takes my fancy. Please feel free to visit me at my blog http://anewroad-vicfish.blogspot.co.uk/ which details my journey to becoming an adoptive parent with my husband after a long battle with infertility and miscarriage.

Anyway, so, after a long time of looking I found on Sew Sweet the Advent calendar kit using felt. I have wanted to make something this for ages and have been looking for a nice kit so decided to give it a go.

My box arrived beautifully presented and I was really pleased with the quality of the bits and pieces that were included. 

 It included all the numbers, ribbons and decorative bits – I couldn’t wait to get started. Once I had lain all the bits out I set each stocking up – a front and a back with a number as per the instructions and then cut the ric rac to the right size and laid this out as well. Once laid out I glued everything down with trusty PVA (the instructions say you could also use fabric glue but this not something I have).

On the instructions the next thing to do once sew on the ribbon which I did once it was cut into the right lengths and I decided to sew the buttons on at the same time. I figured it would look neater in the end.

The last job was to sew the stockings together using my trusty sewing machine – I did consider hand sewing them but they are stronger and look at lot neater on the machine. You can see from my photo that my machine had problems getting really close to the button but this does me a nice opening for when I come to filling my stockings with treats.

I am really pleased with the end result and all I hope is that Christmas comes around soon so I have this in a place of pride in my home filled with lovely goodies for the family to enjoy.

I know it is very early but Merry Christmas and happy crafting to all.