Christmas is a good excuse for something new to wear. Given it may be worn for such a short time, the less money spent the better. Alternatively, making a garment that can be worn year round overcomes that problem - Christmassy without being too Christmassy.
Make something to wear for Christmas using what you have in your house. This could be a plain clothing item transformed into a Christmassy one, or jewellery, accessories, etc. Jill sets the challenge...
Now it's over to you. Have you ever made wearable items for Christmas? Add your projects (past and present) to the link party. It will remain open till Christmas.
The 12 Days of Christmas DIY Challenges is brought to you by...
Totally loving Jill's thigh length boots in the video. Not that I'd be wearing something like that for a hot Aussie Christmas.
One Christmas I made Little Mister a shorts and t-shirt set. I appliquéd a star onto a black, store bought t-shirt, then embellished with some hand stitching. It was a very quick and inexpensive way to make a plain t-shirt Christmassy. I wrote a tutorial on how to do the star appliqué and embellishing.
The shorts I made from scratch and added a matching band in Christmassy colours. Little Mister wore those shorts to death! The t-shirt not so much. To add the band to a shorts pattern, check out adding a leg band to a pair of shorts.
The same Christmas I made a shorts and t-shirt set for Little Miss. She loved the t-shirt and wore it a lot, well after Christmas was over. The shorts on the hand, she reluctantly wore just for Christmas day. I made some matching hair accessories which were well liked, too.
This skirt is the most time consuming Christmas garment I've made. Well worth it, though, as Little Miss wore the skirt till it no longer fitted her. Again, Christmassy colours and all the fabric came from my stash.
Now this flower hair tie wasn't made for Christmas, but it could have been with the red and green colours.
Check out the following wearable Christmassy ideas...
- Christmas Hair Clips
- Christmas Hair Accessories
- Ribbon Christmas Tree Shirt
- Christmas Morning T-shirt
- Handprint Reindeer Apron
- Painted Christmas Tree Shirt
- Painted Christmas Cheer Shirt
The 12 Days of Christmas DIY Challenges is brought to you by...
Jill @ Creating my way to Success - Vicky @ Vicky Myers Creations
Challenge # 1 - Old Clothes to Ornaments or Decorations
Challenge # 2 - Gifts from Denim Jeans
Challenge # 3 - Basic Ingredient Fun Party Snacks
Challenge # 4 - Cards from Boxes
Challenge # 5 - Christmas Decoration from an item found in the garden shed
Challenge # 6 - Gift Wrapping from Fabric Scraps
Challenge # 7 - Home Decor from items found in the garden or park
Challenge # 8 - Chip Packet Decorations
Challenge # 9 - Wearable Items for Christmas
Challenge #10 - Stocking Fillers from Scraps of Fabric
Challenge #11 - Healthy Snack
Challenge #12 - Christmas Table Decor made from fabric stash
Challenge # 4 - Cards from Boxes
Challenge # 5 - Christmas Decoration from an item found in the garden shed
Challenge # 6 - Gift Wrapping from Fabric Scraps
Challenge # 7 - Home Decor from items found in the garden or park
Challenge # 8 - Chip Packet Decorations
Challenge # 9 - Wearable Items for Christmas
Challenge #10 - Stocking Fillers from Scraps of Fabric
Challenge #11 - Healthy Snack
Challenge #12 - Christmas Table Decor made from fabric stash
... Pam
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That skirt is adorable! You would think with how much I love Christmas I would have made something, but I haven't. I do have a penguin costume someone made me one year. I should wear it to our Christmas party. LOL
ReplyDeleteI'll probably wear what I wore for Thanksgiving last month - a turkey carcass hat for me, and turkey drumsticks hairband for - well - nobody else would put on a festive hat, so I put it on Graci the golden retriever, who wore it happily. Her picture is now my desktop photo, LOL! My family, strangely, didn't think it was a fun thing to do - I thought it was a blast!
ReplyDeleteYou are running really fun series here! Those challenges do make me want to join the fun, but I am just too busy to do anything now. Hope to see great ideas linked up!
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