Little trees become a small wood.

My two little trees have been put together into a mug rug.

First of all I cut two rectangles of the French fabric and put these together with the tree blocks. Then the red edging strips were added. I layered this up with some wadding and a recycled shirt for the back. and hand quilted them all together. Well that's not entirely true, I machine quilted them first, didn't like it, unpicked it, and then hand quilted it!

As you can see they aren't very accurate as one tree is hand sewn and the other one done on the machine. I kind of like a bit of inaccuracy as I think it just adds to the character. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!
(The berries are beautiful on the holly at the moment and they always seem to get eaten by the birds if I don't get in quick).
Finally I cut some 1 1/2 inch strips of green fabric to bind the edges..

The tree pattern is found here, and is easy to follow and fun to do. I may need to move on to a forest.

Another apple apron and two small trees.

I have made another apple apron as a gift..

and have also been experimenting with these little fellows..

I found a tutorial for them over at The Pearl Bee and have been meaning to have a go. I'm not sure what they will be made into yet. Will let you know.

Guardian Angels.

I have made a few of these now and they are one of my favourite toys to sew.

The pattern is by Sandra Monat of Herzensart and is found in this book which I have a feeling comes in different guises (covers). The pattern is easy to follow and always seems to work.

This little angel has a cotton front, linen face and hands, and a corduroy back made from some recycled trousers. The wings are cotton and linen.

 There is something very lovely about giving these to people and I love picking out all the fabrics because each one looks different. These are just a few that I have pictures of..

And each one reminds me of the person that they were given to.