The birthday run down for January; dads is the 9th, sons the 15th, nephew 19th, mother-in-law 24th, husband 30th & brother-in-law 31st.. its a busy month. And of course I have been making gifts.. not for everybody.. but I crocheted a couple of hats for my mum-in-law and felted slippers for my dad..
Its my lovely husbands 40th birthday.. I didn't really know what to give or make for him.. but I thought long and hard and came up with a couple of ideas. This is the more sensible pressie I've made :D
Whenever I get into my hubbys car after work, I have to move an armful of paperwork off the passenger seat first. Soooo I decided to make him a nice felted wallet / folder to keep it all nice and tidy. I didnt want it to be boring, or silly either (can't have him embarrased if his boss needs a lift now can I?!)
SO, I decided to make it nice and bright, and decorated with our handprints..
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| Decided on 3 nice colours that went well with the base batts & made prefelts |
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| Stupidly I was suprised at our handprints.. wasn't it just last year that the kids hands were half the size of mine? Which is which? |
As all of our hands are pretty much adult sized now I decided to felt them in so that they shrunk down with the felt - I think they would of dominated it too much otherwise.
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| Some of my favourite slubby red yarn wound around the hands. All wetted out & ready to go |
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| Felted nice and hard to withstand wear and tear |
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| Look how tiny my handprint is now .. its like a 8 year olds! lol |
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| Trimmed the 2 long edges and machine stitched (twice) up each side |
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| Secret messages freemotion machine embroidered on the inside cuff.. |
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| where nobody else will see them. |
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| Finished with a vintage button from a button tin Gary gave to me.. the colour is perfect for picking up the duckegg handprints |
I made the buttonhole on my sewing machine.
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| Finished.. hope he likes it |
I have also made a very silly present too.. but I think I shall save that for next time :)
TTFN x
If he is not very happy with it..... You should consider another gift :)))) hugzz...peebee
ReplyDeleteAwwww Deborah now that is just Gorgeous and i'm sure it will become a keepsake. How can he not love such a thoughtful and very clever prezzy . Lucky Hubby lol xo
ReplyDeleteDeborah--I adore this project!!
ReplyDeleteI have a quilt that I started nearly 20 years ago with our hand prints on it and I just cannot seem to ever get back to it to finish it. Maybe what I need to do is to make a felted handprint
'something' like you did! Excellent idea...he will love it!!!!!!! XXO-
So sweet folder with your "helping hands" ! The handprints are so fine and nice. Love the color combinationa and the yarn is icing on the cake. What's more is the secret words "I love You" ! Enjoy the birthday month with loved ones.
ReplyDeleteThank you girls for your lovely comments :) I shall let you know what he says (I think he will like it - fingers crossed).
ReplyDeleteHeather I bet your girls handprints on that quilt seem tiny now!
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what a lovely idea for a gift :) fab colour combinations too.
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