Guest Post & Wednesday Giveaway

Thanks so much to Kerryanne for organising Simply Christmas and inviting me to be a part of it.

I use these buckets all year round and they make great gifts filled with the recipients favourite things.

I call mine Honey Pots as I have made mine so that a 1.5kg (empty) honey pot fits inside. This makes the whole thing stand up firmly and you are then able to prop things up in them, even flowers! I hope you enjoy making these.

First of all you will need - fabric

Upper band = 3 1/2 " x 18"

Lower band =3 1/2 x 18"

Lining = 6 1/4 x18"

Prairie points 24" x 3"

Ric rac x 18"

12" ribbon

2 co-ordinating fabric circles with 6" diameter

interfacing for base and lining.

Cut your prairie point fabric into 8 x 3 inch squares.

Fold over point to point to form a triangle.

Fold over again until all raw edges are at the long edge of the triangle.

Press and starch as you go for nice sharp points.

Pin the points to the top edge of the

lower band of the main fabric

starting and ending a little before the edges.

Slip the top corner of each point into the one before.

Tack the points on to secure.

Stitch ric rac along the middle of the upper band.

With right sides facing and using a 1/4" seam

stitch the top and bottom band together.

Adhere the interfacing to the lining and lining circle.

With right sides facing stitch the completed outer

at the short ends forming a tube.

Repeat for the lining.

Cut your ribbon piece into 2 x 6" pieces.

Pin each piece of ribbon to the top of the main fabric

each at the halfway point.

Slip the lining tube over the outer tube with

right sides facing and stitch all around

catching the ribbon handles.

Pin and stitch one fabric circle to the main fabric.

Pin and stitch remaining circle to lining

leaving a gap about 3" for turning through.

Trim with pinking shears.

Pull fabric gently through gap and stitch closed.

You can always topstitch along the top too.

Fill your pot with baubles or tinsel and use as a decoration or fill with wrapped lollies to give as a gift .

Giveaway: If you would like to win this Christmas Bucket filled with a few surprises, you'll need to answer the mystery question.

To find out what the mystery question is, pop over to my blog post for Wednesday 10th November and then come back and leave an answer on this post.... so easy! The giveaway will be drawn on Wednesday 17th November.

Hi, Kerry here, wasn’t Clare’s tutorial great! I can think of many uses for one of these gorgeous buckets in my Christmas home, I bet you can too.

I’m just popping in to say a very special THANK YOU to Clare for stepping in at such short notice to do today’s guest post tutorial.

Unfortunately, the artist who was suppose to do today’s guest post was a last minute ‘no show’, so the very organised Clare who was booked to do her tutorial in December jumped in to save the day. Clare is one of the true gems of blogland and the crafting world. I’m sure many of you already know and follow Clare, but if you don’t, do yourself a favour and pop over to Clare’s Craftroom and check out all the fun we have over there. And don’t forget, she’s gifting that gorgeous Christmas Bucket to one lucky commenter.