Post #14 of the 25 Blogs...

Couldn't resist...had to do it!

Here is my version of

the Homespun Christmas Tree

from Preferably Prim...

It still needs a rusty star on top.

Oh, look...here comes Uncle Sam

to the rescue.

(Not really - Sam, that star is too small)

I have some rusty stars somewhere.

This was a fun project and

Christine's tutorial was easy to follow.

And if when I do this again...

I will do a better job being more consistent 

with the wrapping

(there are some that would say I am not 

wrapped to tightly myself so it doesn't matter ~ 

but I can see that the bottom half of the strips are 

wrapped tighter than the top)

Make sure not to wear a sweater because there 

are a lot of strings flying as you make this  

(I wore my crafting shirt ~ it's an old Halloween t-shirt with a witches hat on it)

I will NOT pick up the glue and put it to my mouth assuming it was my 

delicious cup of Hazelnut coffee

(glue - yucky...hazelnut - yummy!  

There is a difference)

One thing I did while making this was to put a 

piece of fabric on the bottom

When I was about 3/4 of the way down the cone 

I stopped and added this to the bottom.

After completing this there were some 

scrappy strips of  homespun left over.

What's a girl to do...

I made this...

...adorable little homespun ornament!

For my daughter ~ 

I like to make them ornaments every year.
My husband came home and 

I honestly thought his

reaction would be 

"what the H E double 2 sticks is that"

but surprisingly enough 

he thought it was very cool.

He asked to pick it up and when he did he was

amazed that it didn't weigh too much.

Now...I still have enough strips cut to make another ornament.

But that's for another day!

I had a very productive day off.

Made the above items

Cleaned (just a little...LOL)

Prepared some hand sewing for the weekend

Ran my errands.

Happy Sewing, stripping and crafting!
Colleen

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