This year’s decorations are – Christmas postcards!
In one of the advent calendars last year, there were five little buttons which to me, look a lot like postage stamps. So, the idea for Christmas postcards was born!
The best part about these is that I haven’t had to buy any new supplies – it is all from my ‘stash’. I have had to make a few changes along the way as I run out of some supplies. But, all in all, I’m quite happy about this!
A Postcard for my little four legged friend
The first ‘card’ I stitched up was for my little dog – and I thought Rudolph would be a good fit for him! I think this is actually my favourite of all the designs. I just love how his big red nose worked out!
A Postcard for my hubby
Next up is one for my hubby. Everyone I have told thinks this is quite funny, but for him – The Grinch! As I was trying to keep the stitching to a minimum on all these, getting the hair (or is it fur?) to go in all different directions was a tad difficult with this one. I stem stitched the outline, and then put some straight stitches through it for the random hair.
Next up – a card for myself!
And to complete our little family, I decided that I shouldn’t be left out of the cards. So I stitched up ‘Santa Steve’ for mine.
You are probably wondering who on earth ‘Santa Steve’ is. You will find a photo of the ‘real’ Santa Steve in this post. Essentially, he is a little bear I made years ago, that somewhere along the line got the name of ‘Santa Steve’. There is also Esmee the Elf to help him out too. But Santa Steve (along with all the other decorations), are right at the back of the storage cage. So I decided since we weren’t going to be here for Christmas this year, I’d just stitch a postcard reminder of him instead!
A slow Christmas
Since there were five ‘postage stamps’, and everyone in our little family now had a postcard, I thought I should stitch up a few ‘generic’ cards.
First up, is a little Christmas snail.
And lastly…
The as-yet unfinished ‘Christmas time’ card, with a variety of things we associate with Christmas (that I could draw!).
They still need to be made into cards!
You will notice that at present, they are still not ‘cards’ as such. I still need to lace them around some card and put a backing on that. I tried to find some nice ‘Christmas’ fabric, but the one shop I went to had an awful supply, so I’ve decided the stars fabric I have will be more than sufficient.
So maybe next year we will have these dotted around the house. I will finish the stitching of the final decoration, but as we are about to leave to drive to Melbourne for Christmas, I don’t like my chances of them being finished for this Christmas! Maybe we can have them for New Years.
What a fantastic use of your suppplies! So very very cute!
Thanks Mim! A bit of fun this year.
What a lovely idea, hope you have a great Christmas too 🙂
Thanks Margaret. I hope you and your family had a lovely Christmas.
I agree, great idea!
Thanks Pamela!
Those are a very creative decoration for your new home! I love the one from Rudolph, and that Grinch is hilarious! Happy Christmas to you Catherine!
Thanks so much Kathy! I hope you had a lovely Christmas. These guys were a bit of fun and I really enjoyed stitching them!
Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas and a happy new year Catherine! I love the card with the snail; very good advice for this time of the year…
Thanks Jessica! I hope you and your family had a lovely time. All the best for the new year.
Hi Catherine, hope you have a wonderful Australian christmas. Take it easy in the heat. All the best for 2019.
Thanks Sally. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. It is certainly hot! I’m looking forward to late next week when I might finally be able to get some stitching done. All the best for 2019. I look forward to seeing your next creations.
Have a lovely Christmas Catherine! Love your idea of the postcards. Do send a link of your post to Once upon une fois/atelier 196 who did the advent calendar. I am sure they would love to see what you have done with it.
Thanks Marlous. They were fun to stitch up. It’s a great idea to send it to Arelier 196 once finished. I hadn’t thought of that!
I looooove the snail! I hope you have a also and relaxing Christmas too and look forward to seeing what stitching delights you bring us in the new year!
Thanks so much! The snail is quite a cutie. I’ve got lots of stitching plans for the next year. Fingers crossed I get the time to stitch them up! All the best for 2019.
Ha-ha, we’ve both been stitching snails this time. Lovely ideas! Happy Christmas 🙂
Thanks Avis, they were fun to stitch up. All the best and have a great 2019!
Oh what a lovely idea and you’ve done a beautiful job on them. Happy Christmas x
Thanks Carole. I enjoyed stitching them up.
So cute! I love santa steve bear, he’s adorable! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Thanks Christina. He’s worked out a lot better than I thought he would!
Lovely idea! Have a wonderful Christmas!
Thanks Alex. I hope you had a great Christmas too.
They’re delightful. Have a lovely Melbourne Christmas!
Thanks Rachel. It has been a hot one here in Melbourne! All the best.
These are absolutely darling! Beautiful work. Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!
Thanks Renee! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and all the best for 2019.
They are delightful, Catherine! The Grinch would be most appropriate for my Fella too! Enjoy Christmas in Melbourne (we have turned on some beautiful weather for you) and have a creative, stitch-filled 2019.
Thanks Anne. I hope you have a wonderful 2019 too. Fingers crossed for the stitch filled 2019!
I don’t know where in Australia you’re spending Christmas, but I hope you’ve brought both cool clothes and gumboots! I shall raise a glass to you at Chrissy breakie tomorrow 🙂
Thanks Kate. We definitely needed the hot weather clothes! All the best for 2019.
Those are fabulous cards! (Or will be when you’re able to get them officially finished up!) Hope you have a happy Christmas and lots of stitching in the new year!
Thanks Sue! Something a little different this year and I did enjoy making them
I love these cards — especially that snail! I think we could all use a slow and relaxing Christmas, couldn’t we? Here’s wishing you and your family a very merry Christmas and a wonderful 2019!
Thanks Sunny! The snail is very cute. I hope you and your family have a great 2019
What a brilliant idea! I love them all and I’m trying to stop myself making some for next year!!!
Hope you’re having a wonderful Christmas break.
Hugs,
Barbara xx
Thanks Barbara! I enjoyed stitching them up. I hope you had a great Christmas and enjoy your Christmas break.
Such a wonderful idea! Love your work!
Thanks so much! Thanks for stopping by and all the best!
Loving the postcards and such a personal gift. Hope that you had a lovely Christmas and all best wishes for the New Year.
Thanks Deborah. We had a lovely time with Christmas finishing on New Years Day! All the best.
I love you Christmas postcards, they’re all so cute – although I’m partial to the Grinch myself. I’m curious if you use any type of stablilizer? I’ve flirted with hand embroidery but I’ve found that it tends to buckle my fabric.
I tend to always use a backing fabric like calico. I use a hoop or frame to keep it tight and the tension even whilst stitching. Just be careful to tighten both fabrics! You can also use an iron on interfacing for smaller pieces. Hope that helps!
These are so cute!
Thanks Dima! They were a bit of fun to design and stitch up.