March “Quilty Madness” Oh Sew Sweet ‘CANDY’ 2.5" swap!!!!

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02-02-2015, 09:55 PM

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nurse bonnie

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Beautiful ornaments......thanks for sharing with us.

02-03-2015, 10:04 AM

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celandine

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Originally Posted by Cre8tvlwyr

WOW Beautiful Celandine!! I saw them as a kit somewhere - I think the kit was $40-60?? and only had enough for a couple?? Thought they were quite costly - does it really take that much in materials to make?? and are they time consuming? I ask because if not would love to recommend making them for our guild boutique in September!
Gus

That's a pricey kit! I think I ultimately calculated that each ornament cost me roughly $2 - $3 to make. I bought the Styrofoam balls in 6 packs, and used a lot of my stash for the fabric. It takes about 40 - 60 candies to make the ornament. (The more complicated the pattern = more fabric). Once I got groovin' I was using even smaller pieces of fabric (about 1 1/2" by 2 1/2") to make my fabric stretch. I got lucky, because my mom used to make beaded ornaments and she gave me tons and tons of the tiny straight bead pins. (i went through a lot! Each piece of fabric took at least three pins!) Ribbon was the costliest - i wrapped it around the middle to hide the raw edges and some on top for embellishment.

It took me about an hour to complete each one. I might have a pdf pattern for the ornaments that I am more than happy to share with any of you if you'd like it! Once you get the basics, it's fun to make up your own designs!

02-03-2015, 06:24 PM

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djmat

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Celandine, your project rocks!

02-03-2015, 07:44 PM

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sewbizgirl

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Sheri today! Hope it was a good one!

02-04-2015, 12:03 PM

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lynnie

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those favors are out of this world!!!

02-04-2015, 03:04 PM

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kele

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This little quilt includes some candies received in previous swaps and some of my own fabrics. I really like the i spy/novelty prints. Pieced and quilted during the Super Bowl, binding finished today. For the quilting, I drew around a little dish and then quilted concentric circles. That was new for me and it was kind of fun.
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