The holly and the ivy. I was given a bag of scrap felt so I had to play! It took me longer to cut out the leaves than it did for them to stitch! The berries are gathered circles of felt with a bead inside.

I've had this "bee in my bonnet" for a while and finally found time to see it through.<br /><br /> The base is an artists canvas. I made 10 Suffolk Puffs (aka YoYos) and arranged them in a triangle. I measured this and digitised the simple shape to

I bought these wooden buttons a few weeks ago and am really still thinking what to do with them, but I this was my interim play. The tree is two layers of felt and the buttons are glued on both sides. I did try stitching them through but I couldn't get t

I have been playing with the gingerbread men and this is what I've come up with. Each one fits in the 100mm square hoop and they are holding hands courtesy of Kam Snaps. I know that many of you don't like to see "Xmas" used, but I was running out o

I've been working on this Santa Mug-rug for days and I'm really pleased with him now. Hope you like him! He comes in two sizes - 130 x 180 and 140 x 200. The larger size has a CD inside for extra stability.

I haven't had much time for sewing this week, but I did manage to play with these two Christmas designs for friends. The gingerbread men are for a friend who makes similar chaps by hand and she wondered how much quicker they could be! The taller one i

At last I've found time to complete my set of Christmas decorations from Embroidery Library. Now to put them in a safe place - and remember where that is!

I found a polystyrene wreath form today, so I thought I'd try organza flowers on it. These are the ones I made for a ball shaped ornament a few weeks ago but I think they look better like this. It will need a few more to finish it off.

An Assisi work heart for the Christmas tree. Made in minutes - I love to watch cross stitch stitch! Couldn't resist making another one. "Heart of gold".

Christmas Star tabletopper - strip and flip in the hoop with just a little hand sewing to finish. The smaller one (130mm x 180mm hoop) is 25 cm across and the larger one (200mm square hoop) is 37 cm across. It could easily be enlarged to fit the 230mm

Lazy woman's guide to decorating a Christmas cake - finished product.<br /><br /> The "tablecloth" is square (length of each side = top plus both sides of cake to be covered.) The central square only has wadding under it. The square design is from D

Christmas Card - the green sparkly background is from a muesli packet. (Not greasy like crisps/chips!) The tree is stitched on tear-away stabiliser and then cut out and stuck to the card. I used a Sharpie to colour the peel-offs to match.

Quilted toilet paper? I realised that 4x4 quilt blocks would fit perfectly (and quickly ) on toilet paper. This one is wrapped on cellophane ready for a craft fair.

More Christmas cards. The outer two are my own cross stitch doodles. I think the centre one is a Katulle design. I've fixed the embroidery to the card with bondaweb.

Christmas Cards. I stitched these Christmas puddings on calico. Then I ironed bondaweb on the back. I removed the paper backing before cutting the designs out with pinking shears. Finally I ironed the embroideries onto the card blanks. (Using a pressing c