Small Christmas Presents

 

During the advent time I like  meeting friends and colleagues to wish Merry Christmas. I try to create small presents for everyone, just for fun.  As you can imagine, it cannot be anything big or expensive, because one don´t want to embarrass people with big presents. Also, it shouldn´t be laborious, because the day has only 24 hours and the time before Christmas is always somehow shorter than usual.  That are reasons why I love sewing  small key fobs.

This time my eye fell on a big piece of fabric, which belongs to my stash since some time. 

 

I liked the animals and their size, just small enough to embellish a small something. I tried some combinations with different fabrics but a) as I have mostly smaller pieces or scraps, there was never fabric enough, b) a patchwork fabric is for a key fob not sturdy enough. Finally, I chose for jeans, like so many times before. 

As I had already written, I need many of them, so the sewing method had to be as easy as possible. I chose for fusible appliqué, zigzag stitch and raw edges. 

I filled the small cushions with cotton batting and ground winter spices – cloves, cinnamon and star anise.  It brings a really Christmas atmosphere, this beautiful smell! 

During a week or so in the evenings about one hundred key fobs were sewn. What a great smell in my workplace! They are almost gone, only a few of them are waiting for friends who I couldn´t meet yet. 

Happy stitching!

Michaela