1 a MONTH CLUB

I am currently stitching the final decorations for the "1 a Month Club", each month apart from the occasional one for myself I have stitched just five decorations  for those who joined the club and committed to buy 1 a month for 10 months.  This has been my fund raiser for church instead of doing a stall at the church fair as I did in the past two years. I am grateful for the support I have had from five friends which meant I was sure of raising the amount I set out to do.

Here are the ones from the past nine months. I have been asked about the pattern for the Robin on the jingle bell.  there isn't one !,   My method of working is to cut the pieces as I think they should be, make one up making adjustments as I go, then once I am happy with the results, repeat using the improvements I made. The only one shown above that I used a pattern was the Owl, I just loved Whimsylandia's owl brooches so bought the pattern on Etsy and it was perfect for my wreath design.

I have some ideas for next years project and will share when I have finalised my plans, wont be committing myself to too much stitching as there is always other projects to stitch as well.

1 a MONTH CLUB - SEPTEMBER

Ready to be collected, this month decoration was fun to plan and create, I had bought the large jingle-bells last December but had not really a plan how I  would use them. I do have a weakness for robins and they proved to be just the perfect idea of what to sit on the bell. I love how each one is a little different and takes on its own character.

I used two different ribbons, not sure which one I like best, and this month made an extra one for myself.

 

Next month while be the last one for this project as I planned it to just be for 10 months, I need to get on to some Christmas stitching, which will include a Christmas stocking for Ronan, Caitlin and I have talked about some ideas I need to draw up the design for her approval.