Guest Post: 12 Days of Christmas Pillow

Guest Post: 12 Days of Christmas Pillow How exciting, it’s time again for another guest post tutorial! Each guest has been amazing so far, and today’s blogger is no exception. Today Desiree from The 36th Avenue will share with you how to make this absolutely fabulous Christmas pillow! I won’t delay things with my chatter any longer, take it away Desiree!

Hi “Gossipers”!

I am Desirée the heart behind The 36th Avenue and I AM SO EXCITED { I am yelling here} to be at Craft Gossip today!

With Thanksgiving around the corner and Christmas almost knocking on our doors I wanted to share with you a little Holiday Cheer through this easy and fun project.

My 12 Days of Christmas Pillow…

To make it all you’ll need is the fabric for your stockings and for the pillow I used a place mat that I found at Target.

If you have some fabric scraps put them to use… I think the stockings would look great in different colors as well.

TUTORIAL

The reason I used a place mat is because the sewing is minimal.

After folding it in half and sewing the bottom part of it I was ready to make the stockings…

FIRST

Make a template of your stocking and trace as many as you need on the fabric of your choice.

SECOND

After tracing start cutting your stockings. When I was done I sewed the edge of the stockings to prevent fraying.

I like to work with canvas it is easy to cut and had a lot of body. Besides this pillow is one of a set of three…

You’ll see them all later 😉

THIRD

With the help of a glue gun decorate your stockings… use things you have around, buttons, ribbon, scrapbooking embellishments…

Make them beYOUtiful, YOUnique and personal…

After you are done decorating them hot glue them to your pillow…

Then touch them up… and you are done!

All you have left to do is wait and fill up the stocking during the 12 days of Christmas!

I think they would make a great little gift also!

I got an “awww” from my girls and a “that’s cool” from my boy…
I believe they love it 😉

Now, do you remember how I said that this little guy was one of three?

Here are the other two.

I would love for you to stop by The 36th Avenue and check the TUTORIAL out.

Amanda, thank you so much for having me today…

I LOVE IT HERE!

Have a Super Friday Everyone…

Besos!

Desirée

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If your family is the sort to do a turkey trot for Thanksgiving, or even just to take family pictures, you’ll want to get started knitting up some Turkey Sack Hats with this pattern from Underground Crafter.

The pattern uses super bulky yarn and is rated easy. It’s knit flat but there are a few skills in here around the shaping of the eyes, which includes changing colors, working bobbles and doing a wicked purl 3 together decrease. Twice.

But that’s all in one row, and the rest of it is pretty simple. The beak is worked separately and sewn on, and the side of the hat is stitched up to make it into a hat.

What’s great about this one is that it comes in 10 sizes, ranging from newborn to adult large, so you really can make one for everyone in the family. And because it uses super bulky yarn you can knit a bunch pretty quickly if that’s a thing you’d like to do.

It’s also fun because you could use this base pattern to make different animals or for different holidays. Make it all in orange and stitch on a jack o’lantern face for Halloween, or make a white one that’s a snowman, for example.

In any style this would also be a fun gag gift for that person in your life who has everything or doesn’t want gifts, or if you do a secret Santa or white elephant gift exchange at work or elsewhere.

And make sure whether you’re making it a turkey or some other character that you include the pom poms at the top! They’re just so cure and a great way to add a bit more color to the project, and they’re easy to make. (See also: ways to make a pompom with yarn.)

You can grab the free pattern at the Underground Crafter website.

[Photo: Underground Crafter]

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