Red Tin Inn: homemade christmas

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Christmas In a Pickle Jar diorama

Yep we are having a pickle Jar Christmas here at RTI. This is a so cheap easy project. You will need of course some recycled pickle jars. I used large pickle jars that I picked up at a church yard sale for cheap. You will need fake snow (also a thrift found item), loctite GO2 Glue all purpose dries clear (or your super glue of choice), up cycled vintage Christmas ornaments and

stash of fake trees . All four of those totes are stuffed and we will not mention whats in the woman cave.

It is not shown in the photo but I spray painted the lids. Sky is the limit on color choices go wild!

Make sure that the bottom inside of your jars are clean and free of dust, oil ..ect...so that your glue will get the best adhesion. Glue in your trees and figures and let them set. Note to self :walk away do something else give the glue what ever drying time it needs stop touching......

After the glue sets up sprinkle in enough snow to cover the bottom and put the lid on. You are almost done...now you just have to find the perfect place to enjoy!

Merry Christmas from the Connolly house to yours!

Sheryl

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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Tattered Christmas Stockings Vintage Quilt re purpose

I had a few old "cutter Quilts " laying around for a while. They were wonderfully tattered and aged.

I decided to make tattered stockings from them. I had made a few a few years back and offered them in my booth and they did pretty good. So...why not..

I did drag out the feather weight (you can read about her here) for the first half of this job.

This machine makes the neatest consistent stitches and will practically sew through almost anything.

After cutting my desired stocking shape, and a rustic one at that, I put the front and back to together and clipped off the heavy seams and the curves.

On some of the stockings I used the finished edge of the quilt as the top so I did not have to hem them just add the hang loop.

On the stockings that were cut from the tattered edge and from the center of the quilt I wanted to put a hem on them. This is where Old classic meets new inovation.

I resorted to the Kenmore 150 stitch electronic machine. What I love about this machine if of course the drop arm and auto tension. I will admit that it took me a while to "feel" when the tension was adjusted correct on the Singer.

I used the drop arm to stitch the top hem and add the loops. Being able to slide the cuff on to the bed of the machine took a lot of effort and time out of the project.

My favorite ones are the stockings that I folded over the tattered edge making a instant tatty fringe.