I attended the SE Michigan Crafters Meetup, hosted by Rae of Made-By-Rae last Thursday night. It was so much fun to meet up with other local crafters and work on things with company, rather than in solidtude (I miss my weekly craft nights with Catherine now that she's living in Germany).
Photo by Rae (more photos can be found on her post here)
Every year, around November, I find myself signing up for some sort of holiday ornament/craft swap (2006, 2007, 2009). I always imagine myself having tons of free time to make cute little gifts to swap and it always turns into a time crunch to get everything completed in time. This year, I was determined to have things turn out differently and give myself extra time to prepare.
I brought an ornament project with me to work on for the evening and I spent lots of time with my trusty seam ripper because I could not get sew the ornaments perfectly in line with the template. Trust me...there were lots of very oddly shaped skate boot attempts. Fortunately, I finally got into the groove of things, though, by the end of the night.
After making a trip to Joann to get Pearl Cotton and pom pom trim, I was able to put the finishing touches on these ornaments (pattern and directions here). These little skates are finished ahead of time (yay!) and I'm hoping they reach their destination of the Second Annual Small Fox Ornament Swap safely.
Oh my gosh! Those are adorable!
Posted by: Trisha | 07 November 2010 at 11:17 PM
oh my god these are sooo cute!!!!
Posted by: Tong | 07 November 2010 at 11:19 PM
I have to agree with Tong and Trisha, these are totally cute! I like that they look so crisp and bright. They'll really stand out on the Christmas trees!
Posted by: krista | 08 November 2010 at 12:39 AM
These are amazing! So adorable.
Posted by: Oiyi | 08 November 2010 at 01:58 AM
Those ice skates are the cutest things! I love them. Who would have thought to use paper clips? Clever people, of course.
Posted by: Jodi | 08 November 2010 at 06:33 AM
These are too cute! I love skates!
Posted by: Debbie-Esch House Quilts | 08 November 2010 at 07:32 AM
it was so great to meet you on thursday. thanks for putting up with my loud machine. I've been following your blog for a while now, but didn't match you to the blog until this morning :)
Posted by: ronit | 08 November 2010 at 11:08 AM
Love your skates!!
I wish I would have known earlier about the meet up...have to watch for it next year!
Posted by: kristyn | 08 November 2010 at 11:24 AM
Those are so cute! They would be adorable as an embellishment on packages. Isn't crafting with friends the best?
Posted by: Anne | 08 November 2010 at 01:00 PM
Darn it - I wish I'd known you were going to be there, I thought about going and decided not to. I'm in Livonia every single Thursday night as it is, lol! Your ornaments are just darling.
Posted by: Allie | 08 November 2010 at 09:51 PM
These are so sweet!
Posted by: Michelle | 09 November 2010 at 11:14 AM
Very cute and so small! I think I would go blind trying to work on such a small scale.
Posted by: Claudia | 09 November 2010 at 05:51 PM
these are seriously the cutest ornaments ever! and, as always, you chose the exact perfect colors. fabulous!
Posted by: cmv | 09 November 2010 at 06:50 PM
Adorable! Your signature colors too! I made some of these a few years ago, but I sewed them by hand and didn't use a pattern! Not sure which would be easier by the sounds of your experience :) On another note, I am jealous... I want a crafty meet-up on this side of the state!
Posted by: erica | 10 November 2010 at 08:51 AM
cutest!!!!! xox
Posted by: jodi | 10 November 2010 at 10:06 AM
OMG! These are the cutest things ever! I love the incorporation of the safety pin. So smart!
Posted by: flora | 10 November 2010 at 11:50 AM
cutest. ornaments. ever!!!!
Posted by: amandajean | 10 November 2010 at 04:07 PM
Love the ice skates. Really cute! And I miss craft nights too! You could always come over here and have one though.....I've finally almost got the sewing room organized and set-up. Just waiting for a thread rack to come from America ;o)
Posted by: Catherine | 11 November 2010 at 02:16 AM
Those are awesome skates! Love the colors, so bright and fun! A craft night sounds great, wish I had one here.
Posted by: Stephanie | 12 November 2010 at 09:40 PM
Those are great! Love the green ones!! I missed out on the Craft night - didn't get back from puppy class in time...hopefully I'll be at the next one! Is the Brighton Modern quilt guild still going? I'd like to pop in on that too!
Thanks! Judy
Posted by: Judy | 13 November 2010 at 08:54 AM
completely adorable!
love the jewel tones. (have i mention before how much i love your color choices?!?)
Posted by: melissa | 16 November 2010 at 12:29 PM
Those little skates are adorable!
Posted by: Diane | 19 November 2010 at 06:04 PM
I need some spare time. This are CUTE!
Posted by: sewkatiedid | 20 November 2010 at 10:00 AM
Rebekah, those are the cutest darn things I have seen a while. I think I need to make some too!
Posted by: Jessica C | 16 December 2010 at 02:59 PM
....where are you ??!
Posted by: mode | 21 December 2010 at 11:26 AM
These are so freakin cute. I'm going to have to try these when I learn how to sew!
Posted by: Harriet | 22 December 2010 at 02:42 AM
These skates are adorable! So freaking cute! They would make a darling garland too.
Posted by: Cara | 23 December 2010 at 12:19 PM
what a lovely ice skates!!!!
Posted by: handmaid | 30 December 2010 at 06:02 AM
These are so cute I have to give them a try at xmas.
Posted by: Tracy | 28 April 2011 at 11:26 AM