Wednesday 30 November 2022
Well Hello There!
After a lot of head Scratching and help from my lovely friend Helen I have managed to get back into this blog! It's been a very long time, I have been wanting to come back for ages but knew it would be a hassle and it was!
Anyway enough of my waffle.
Tomten Village has arrived and this time its not just fabric, there are placemats, bunting, cushion covers, stockings and a beautiful advent calendar.
The Advent Calendar and the placemats do not have instructions so I decided to make them and put the instructions on here.
I first pressed the advent panel.
Cut the panel pockets out leaving a quarter inch seam allowance.
Press the sides of each pocket over to hide raw ends and then the top and bottom.
Stitch the top hem down.
Decide on the order in which the pockets are placed. I wanted random. I then pinned them to the backing panel and stitched each pocket down. I started at one side and did the bottom and then the other side leaving the top open.
Once all the pockets are stitch to the backing panel I then made it into a quilt sandwich.
I added wadding and picked Tomten Village houses to have on the back. I made a quilt sandwhich. House fabric facing down, added the wadding and then added the advent top. I decided to quilt it with a star stitch along each of the pocket rows. 
Once it was quilted I trimmed the advent around the edges and the picked a binding fabric. Liberty Wiltshire in Ruby picked out the red of the Tomten coat.
I added a tube of fabric on the back so I can add some dowling to hang the advent up
I always like to machine sew the first part of the binding down and then hand sew the second part as I hate seeing stitches showing on the front side. I love the process of finally sitting down with a cuppa and gently sewing the binding on and admiring my work!
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