Miss Loreen's Schoolhouse

Cutting and Stitching a Christmas Stocking with Accuquilt dies

Do you have an Accuquilt cutter?  I have the Studio 2 but Accuquilt makes a stocking die for the Accquilt Go and Go Big cutting machines.

I cut a stocking and stocking lining at the same time!! You will see how to quickly stitch the stocking and adding the cuff.  Fun and easy!!

Click below to watch how easy it is to cut and stitch this Christmas Stocking.

 

If you are interested in purchasing a Accuquilt cutting machine and/or the stocking die, here is the link to Accuquilt!  There are sales going on until December 12^th.

https://www.shareasale.com/u.cfm?d=865377&m=50439&u=954868

 

See you soon,
loreen

Bow for your Box

Learn how to make a bow to go on your ornament box using the Cricut Joy.  You could use any Cricut cutting machine.  It is just so handy to use the Joy since it sits on my table all ready to go!  It just takes a scrap of light cardstock or paper.  A great way to use up those small pieces to have been collecting.

 

Once you make your first bow, you can save the file and go back to make a bow any size you’d like.

 

Here is the link to my YouTube channel so you can follow along with me!

 

 

 

Making a Gift Box for Personalized Ornaments

So last week, I showed you how to personalize a Christmas ornament using the Cricut Joy.  You can use any cutting machine for that project.  I like the Cricut Joy because it is small and I can leave it out.  It is more likely to get used if it is out!!  My Cricut Maker has to be put away as I don't have a lot of room so I find that sometimes I just skip making a quick project because it takes longer to get the Maker out than it does to make the project!!!

Today we are making a gift box for the ornaments.  You don't need any cutting machine for this project.  Just a scoreboard of some sort. Lots of paper cutters come with the ability to score right on the board.  I use the Crafters Companion Score Master.  It has one side for making the box and one side for making the lid and it already has worked out that the lid needs to be a bit bigger than the box so the lid fits on easily.

Here is the YouTube link for the video tutorial.  You can easily follow along!  Fun and easy!!

 

 

Have fun!
loreen

 

Personalized Christmas Ornaments!

It's time to get ready for Christmas!  Today I am making personalized Christmas ornaments.  I bought the ornaments at the Dollar Store but you can get yours anywhere or maybe you have some plain ornaments hanging around!  Only takes a few minutes to make one.

I used the Cricut Joy to cut out the names and I used an angel from Cricut Design Space.  Really easy to do using permanent vinyl.

Also check out my YouTube videos on making a box for these ornaments and making a bow for the box using the Cricut Joy.  Everything is really quick and easy!

Here's the link to watch on Miss Loreen's Schoolhouse YouTube Channel.  

Enjoy!
loreen

 

Vintage Christmas Update

I have been working away here and there on different projects on my April 2021 Project/Insanity List.  Are are you coming along?

I have completed another block on my Vintage Christmas project.  It is the Gingerbread House and is a 12" finished block.  I get to checkmark another block as done!!

These blocks sure do have a lot of little pieces as there is no applique shapes.  A bit more work and more  precise...or trying to be...with stitching.  The more seams you have to stitch, the more you need to be more accurate with your stitching.  The nice part of this book is that there are measurements as you start piecing sections of a block together.  Having these measurements, helps to keep better accuracy as the block pieces get added together.  Nothing worse than getting a 12" block completed and it is 10 3/4"!!

Have a great day and keep stitching/crafting!!
loreen 

Day Thirty - April Insanity List

Today marks the last day of posting for my April Project (Insanity) list.  

Project 30 – Scan N Cut Add Ons

This isn’t quite a project but is something I need to work on/work with.  I have purchased several “add ons” for the Scan N Cut that I just haven’t taken the time to try out and use.  I’m sure some of you can relate to that!

This will be a fun project to play around with what these add ons can do.  I have the rhinestone kit, the calligraphy kit and a stamp starter kit.  Of course, a video tutorial for each one would be great…..just so I can refer back to them myself!!

Making this list has given me a road map to follow over the coming year.  Will there be changes? Probably, this isn't a list that is set in stone.  It is just a way to keep an eye on what I would like to do over the coming months.  I can make changes or delete a project if I feel I need to.  

I hope you have made a list for yourself even if it is just a few items so you can work on some of those projects you really liked but didn't take the time for.  This isn't a list to make you feel bad because you haven't finished everything.  Set that thought aside and just look at your list now and again to remind you of projects you'd like to finish or work on.

Now for a few days off so I can get my projects all in order.....not alphabetically but just so that I can grab a project to work on and everything I need is right there.  Isn't that half the battle!!

Have a great day!
loreen

 

Day Twenty-Nine - April Insanity List

Project 29 – Christmas Gifts -Gifts on Hand

Since I am listing different Christmas gift projects, I am listing Project 29 as miscellaneous Christmas gifts.  In this group, I would like to make some towel topper and potholder sets for gifts.  Now that I am thinking about it, this should be the “Gifts On Hand” project.  It would be nice to have a box of already made gifts that I can go to during the year for a special occasion or just to give to someone.

One day left!

See you tomorrow,
loreen

Day Twenty-Eight - April Project List

Project 28 – Project Bags

I bet you thought this next project was what is in the bag in the picture.  Well, that is a project I must finish or work on, the project for today is to make some project bags.  They really don’t take a long time to make.  It is just making and taking the time to make them. 

Sometimes we feel like we need to be making a quilt or bag or some other project so we set aside some of the things that either tidy up our work area or put projects into something besides a box that we have to keep looking in to see what it is.

I would like to make six bigger bags like the one in the picture with made a couple of them having a side gusset or fabric on the sides to make the bag deeper.

See you tomorrow,
loreen