Gingerbread things

When my friend went shopping for nursery items I just loved the gingerbread and bunting theme. I decided to try and make a tissue box cover and a fabric container to match some of the things she had already bought.

I decorated plain calico for the fabric container, it is much easier to decorate while flat and then sew to the base.

I used blanket stitch, back stitch and a couple of crosses with co-ordinating thread.

I sewed the strip of fabric together and then attatched it to a circle to make the bottom. Around the top I used plastic boning sewn into a hem of ribbon to make it stand properly. This is definitely the cheats method and probably will make proper seamstresses shudder lol.

I painted the tissue box cover with white acrylic paint. I cut a triangle from paper so I could space the flags evenly around the box and keep them the same size.

  Once I had the outline I used a fine brush and water colours to start adding detail.

  I finished all the edges with a light blue paint and then sprayed it with a craft spray to seal the watercolours and paint.

I really enjoyed making these and my friend was really pleased with them too.

 

Debbie x

Comments

[Carmen]

I knew this was yours before I got to the end of the article Debbie :D I love it, really love it! Hmmm - I'm seeing Alice-ified gingerbread men for some reason ;)

*cough* Christmas coming! *cough* Card for a Kentish friend! *cough*

[Eleanor]

Carmen, you need some linctus. ;)

Debbie I love these, esp the fabric tidy. Something about the felt on white, (esp the cute buttons) with the pale blue trim just gives it coo factor in my book. Lovely.
xx

[claireliz]

that is lovely Debbie
C
xx

[michelle]

Oh soooooo Cute!!!

[Jaqui]

Very cute!!

[Suzanne]

What a cute project.

[Lynne V]

They're beautiful Debbie.
Hope yopur cough is better now Carmen.

[Carmen]

Still a bit tickly! LOL!

[jayne]

I love this too.
Thanks for sharing Debbie.....i'ld say i would try this too but i'm not as tallented as you :)