Its the first day of December. I just love Christmas for all the crafts, lights, love and fun. Only thing missing this year is my mom & dad. Found this amazing sewing craft from the wonderful Mike of The Crafty Gentlemen. Thought it would be amazing addition to my Christmas décor and fun to make. Since my Princess Knight is totally into Advent calendars now, figured she'd love it. So if your interested in this craft check out the tutorial Santa Advent Calendar.
I made a few changes at the request of my daughter. First it needed to be soft, aka huggable. So used a very soft felt. She wanted it to be fat(stuffed) and darker skinned(look more like her). He used medium weight cotton(which I used with back triangle), the issues I had with the super soft felt is front triangle had to be slightly bigger to fit all the pockets. But I was able to make different size pockets, which was cool for different size goodies. Also because of fabric choice and I live in Oki, Japan. Iron on letters are hard to find and I'm not sure they would have stuck well. So I hand painted with fabric paint. I probably should have made his head bigger but he still looked great. Never got a chance to stuff but I will for next year.
My oldest got a kick out of it and every time a friend came over they just loved it. Once midget #2 is old enough I look forward to making a version for her. I suggest you check it out, its pretty easy for a whole month worth of happiness.
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas
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