Tutorial: Coloring book Christmas stockings

Jen from The Crafting Fiend shares a tutorial over at Pattern Revolution showing how you can make a stocking with a coloring book illustration on the front. You can make it from Christmas scene coloring pages for a vintage-y blackwork look, or use a page from a coloring book featuring your child’s favorite character. Go to Pattern Revolution to find her how-to.

[photo from The Crafting Fiend on Pattern Revolution]

Coloring in sheets are a great way to calm the busy mind, as you focus on the coloring techniques your brain is actually able to calm itself and focus on less. Coloring is used to help relax and calm anxiety and stress. Coloring keeps out mental health in check and allows us to develop of creative brain. We highly recommend Copic markers or Faber castell coloring pencils .

Christmas coloring in pages are a great way to keep everyone occupied during the holidays. Not only are they fun and engaging for all ages, but they can also provide a plethora of benefits for their participants.

For starters, Christmas coloring in pages are a great way to encourage creativity and promote self-expression. By providing a variety of different designs to choose from, children and adults alike can explore the limits of their imagination and create unique pieces of art. This can be a great way to help build confidence and boost self-esteem.

Christmas coloring in pages can also provide an effective way to relieve stress and anxiety. The act of coloring in can help reduce levels of stress hormones, such as cortisol, while also inducing feelings of relaxation. This can be a great way to help everyone unwind and enjoy the holiday season.

Finally, Christmas coloring in pages can help to foster family unity and connection. By sitting down at the dinner table and coloring together, family members can enjoy some quality time that is both fun and productive. This can be a great way to build bonds and create lasting memories.

All in all, Christmas coloring in pages are a great way to keep everyone busy at the dinner table. They provide an effective way to boost creativity, relieve stress, and foster connection and unity. So why not give it a try this holiday season? You’ll be glad you did.

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I’m always tempted by the pretty velvets at the fabric store. So much texture! And the way the fibers catch the light! But sewing on velvet is trickier than you’d think. That nap that lends beautiful texture also likes to slip and crawl. That nap can also spell disaster if you cut a piece the wrong direction. That isn’t to say you shouldn’t use buy that velvet and sew it into something gorgeous, you just need to go into your velvet sewing project prepared. And Melissa at Melly Sews has a post that takes you step by step through sewing on velvet.

Velvet is such a luscious fabric, especially for winter sewing projects. Of course there are velvet Christmas sewing projects – stockings, tree skirts, santa hats – but velvet is beautiful for all winter. Think of all the gorgeous velvet dresses, evening bags, hair accessories, even pillows and other home décor that you see all winter long.

Melly Sews’ post gives you the tips and tricks you need to know in order for your velvet sewing project to end up a success. There are types of projects better suited for velvets, and kinds of projects to avoid. She describes the different types of velvet available. And she also tells the best way to lay out and cut your pattern pieces from velvet fabric. Her tutorial also covers marking, pressing, and of course sewing that beautiful fabric. There’s also a video included in case that’s your preferred method for learning.

Head over to Melly Sews to learn how to sew on velvet fabric.

And if you want to learn more about that lovely blue velvet dress shown, she has a post that tells more about it including 2 ways to style it depending on if you want to be more dressy or more casual.

[photo credit: Melly Sews]

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