Dec 5: Christmas Runner

20 Days until Christmas! For today, we have our first quilting project in the Advent Calender. This pattern is called “Bright Christmas” and unfortunately, is not in our webstore. However we do have some of the patterns available, if you’re interested feel free to give us a ring at 780-484-4422 or Toll Free at 1-888-484-4888 and one of our fantastic customer service reps will be glad to help you out. In the meantime, here’s the list of fabric requirements for the project so you can order everything all at once. For an idea of our selection, click here for our Quilting & Craft fabrics.

Supplies:
-1 yard green for the runner and backing
-1/3 yd lighter green for binding and sockets
-12 x 16″ gold (for the stars)
-6 x 8″ pieces of each: red, orange, yellow, blue & purple (for the bulbs)
-2 x 3″ piece of each of the above colours in a lighter shade for the bulb highlights
-18 x 48″ Warm & Natural cotton batting
–3/4 yd Lite Steam-A-Seam 2 fusible adhesives 18″ wide

Dec 3: Lightbulb Decor

Ah Christmas lights. Every year you take them out of storage, untangle them and go through each string trying to find each burnt out bulb. It’s a time-honored tradition that ranks right up there with shoveling the walks only to have them covered again in a matter of minutes. Here’s a project that recycles your old light bulbs into a new ornament for your tree.

Items Needed:
-Old Christmas light bulb
-Ornament Hook & Wire
-Hot Glue gun
–Ribbon
-Various ornaments ex. Mini Pinecones, Beads,Buttons

How to:
1. Take your wire and make a loop. Attach loop to bulb using your hot glue gun. Allow to set.

2. Make a few bows out of your ribbon and select your other decorations. Attach your adornments via the glue gun and allow to set again.

3. Take the ornament loop and attach to wire. Find an empty spot on your tree and fill it in with your new ornament!

Dec 1: Large Zipper Pull Ornament

Today’s project is a 3 step ornament that uses a very large zipper pull that you can find at a nearby craft store.. It’s a simple, straightforward project to start our Advent Calender off with.

Items Needed:
-Large craft zipper pull
–Ribbon in Seasonal colours
–Assorted Buttons & Ornaments
-Hot Glue Gun

How to:
1. After gathering all items, preheat hot glue gun. Once warmed up add a dollop of glue on the large zipper pull and top off with button/ornament. Repeat as many times as you feel necessary. Allow glue to set.

2. After set, take a piece of ribbon approx. 20cm long and tie a loop around the middle part of the zipper. Gather the rest of ribbon, trim to whatever length you would like and loop around ring. (we used about 40cm before looping).

3. Ta-da! All done. Hang wherever you like to spread Christmas cheer.

Flannel Prints

The new stock just keeps coming for us — September and October are such busy months! We have some new kids flannel + some Christmas prints that would make some great PJ’s, and yes, we even have a pyjama pattern.

All of our flannel prints can be found here.

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All of our great jalie patterns can be found here.

Christmas Quilt / Wall Hanging Ideas

Remember in my last post I talked about making your own Christmas quilt? Well maybe you’re not quite that industrious… or maybe you just don’t have that much time. Again, our panels come to the rescue! Actually meant to be wall hangings, they are quite easily transformed by using the coordinating prints, a little creativity and some decorative stitching into an eye-catching quilt (which could still be hung with one of our great quilt hangers – we even have Christmas themed ones. Just take the panel section and add some decorative stitching to highlight certain parts of the scene (optional),use the coordinating prints to quilt around the edges, and add a cozy underside like some of our minkie or fleece. If you want an example of how this is done check out Karen’s Kids Quilt.

This would be a great starter project to share with your family and make your home feel just that much more festive over the holiday season.
The Panel:

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The Coordinating Prints:

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The panel and coordinating prints for this project can be found here.

How about light blue or maize minkie for the underside?

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Our minkie selection can be found here.

Once your done you can either cozy up with it or hang it with one of our Christmas themed quilt hangers such as this one:

New Christmas Prints

Well its been a while — we are still busy receiving new stock and getting it processed for the online store and to go out on the floor. Today I bring to you some Christmas Prints. Yes that’s right, Christmas!! I know, I know… your thinking, its only October, I mean Halloween hasn’t even passed yet!

Christmas is just one of those holidays that seems to come quicker and quicker every year and this year it’s going to be here before we know it. These fabrics would be great for Christmas decor like table clothes and runners, or maybe handmade stocking or place mats? If you feeling really industrious, why not get started on a Christmas quilt?

While we are on the topic of holidays, I just want to let everyone know that Davey Textiles will be closed Thanksgiving Monday. Any orders on the web store on this day will be processed and sent out Tuesday! Thanks and have a great Thanksgiving!

All of our Christmas prints can be found here. All Christmas prints are 100% Cotton.