Anything but a card....

Friends of Speedy TV #102 has a new challenge today and
its anything but a card. My project is napkins.I have had some
 fun homespun Christmas Fabrics in my cupboard for about
 6 or 7 years. My sewing machine broke shortly after I 

purchased them so into the fabric cupboard they went. I'll spare you all the details 

but making gifts  is a necessity this year, so dragged out the fabrics and

decided to use them for tablecloths. I have 

three different prints and each is enough to make 2 tablecloths.

 However there isn't enough to make napkins so I thought the little snowman 

image from the  Holly Jolly Greetings Set would be perfect. I really

 didnt plan this out well or I would have done it totally different!!

 I stamped the little snowman planning to use it only but  it 

looked so plain so I added the little holly sprigs

 from the same set. I used fabric paints to paint all the images and when

 finished they didnt really seem to go with the tablecloth so I added the little 

checked borders like the cloth had  and a little blue in the background 

to try to bring them together better. Now the border is so close to the edge that

 instead of hemming as I had planned I need to serge the edges.OF course wouldn't you know I broke 

a needle and dont have a spare so have to wait until I can get to town 

to get another needle. Thus the unfinished edges!

 After all was said and done, I should have stamped a partial image
and put into the ornament like the print 

on the cloth but after all the work of stamping and painting them 

I didnt want to start all over again!! You know the old saying" the best laid

plans of mice and men"....thats the story here!! But the next set will 

be planned and certainly be better LOL!