The idea was to make a 8" x 13" crazy quilt block and wrap it around a 7" paper towel roll and fill the roll with little crazy quilting goodies and fabric. We all had to put our names on a list and write our likes and dislikes down as well. We were given a name and we had to keep the recipient' name secret so it would be a surprise when they opened them at Christmas.
People have been posting pictures of their finished crackers and they all look wonderful.
Here is a photo of my finished Christmas Cracker.
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| Christmas Cracker 2012 |
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| Fabrics for Cracker |
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| Christmas Cracker base |
I put some fish in the centre and tried to make the stitches look undersea and watery.
You can see that I added some more fish and a sea horse, squid and some shells.
I filled it with some silk fabric, lace, thread and beads etc.
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| Cracker contents |
It's amazing how much you can fit in a 7" paper towel roll.
We are posting them off this week. I wonder what my Christmas Cracker will look like?
Bye for now,
Linda
2 comments:
What a great idea! I vaguely remember seeing something like that some years ago - making crackers out of patchwork fabric, but I don't think it was crazy quilting.
A lady came to the Guild today and mentioned that she is taking your workshop in Summer School! She is also doing Ann's miniature quilts workshop - keen!
A Christmas cracker made of fabric and filled with sewing goodies is a fun present for a quilter. We are all posting them at the moment but aren't supposed to open them until Christmas!
Linda
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