6 DIY Christmas Crafts You Will Love

Dec 15th 2022

Let this December be the best DIY December with these Christmas crafts ranging from easy and fast to those that need a little more TLC (but are TOTALLY worth the work).

Each of these crafts ideas are taught step-by-step through Creative Spark Online Learning at your own pace. Your course content never expires, so you can revisit your holiday craftin’ courses for holidays to come!

1. Appliqué the Birds in Toyland Quilt

Make your dream holiday quilt with Becky Goldsmith! The Birds in Toyland quilt is playful, whimsical, and maybe a bit mischievous. ;) These birds have personality! The Christmas trees signify the season, and the string of lights on the quilt provides a festive glow that will make you smile. Make the whole quilt or choose the blocks you like best to make smaller projects like pillows, wall quilts, table toppers, and more. The block templates are 8” and 10” but you can enlarge the blocks to any size to fit your own creative ideas!

2. Make the Welcome to the North Pole Appliqué Quilt and Table Runner

This intricate quilt is made with needle turn hand appliqué techniques and embellishments, making it a great learning experience for creating detail in future projects. Not ready to take on a quilt? Try your hand at a winter-themed table runner! The focus is on needle turn hand appliqué techniques, including the invisible stitch, inner and outer points, inner curves and outer curves, and circles.

What sets this quilt, and this class, apart are the less-common techniques that are great to add to your skillset. You'll learn how to construct and overlay shapes off-the-block, sew tiny pieces using cutaway, and reverse appliqué and navigate tight inner curves with ease. This class is jam-packed with tips to take your hand appliqué to the next level.

3. English Paper Piecing for ALL Levels

English paper piecing is a traditional sewing method where paper pieces fit together like a puzzle - add fabric, stitch them together, and you have a quilt! EPP is sewing that can go with you anywhere making it your on-the-go sewing project! Author and instructor Becky Goldsmith will share her years of hand sewing expertise as you start your own EPP adventure. This class, for all skill levels, starts with printing and cutting your own EPP papers which opens up major design possibilities.

4. Appliqué Sewflakes on quilts, table runners, and more!

Snowflakes are typically a type of papercraft that combines folding and paper cutting to create a wide variety of designs that resemble the unique shapes of real snowflakes. Creative Spark instructor and author, Kathy K Wylie rediscovered her love of paper snowflakes when she realized that they would make beautiful quilt blocks! Kathy transfers the same process of making paper snowflakes into making “Sewflakes” out of fabric and using them in quilt blocks and sewing projects. In this course, Kathy will show you how to create beautiful sewflakes in a wide range of designs and technique styles! Using 6 different appliqué sewing options, each Sewflake features intricate designs- in medallions, blocks, or borders in a variety of snowflake shapes.

5. Craft memorable holiday cards

Show your loved ones this holiday season how much you care by adding a personal touch to the cards you send. Stitching enthusiast Christina Cameli has created this course so that you can easily do just that. Sending handmade holiday cards truly shows the recipient just how special they are because you created something unique and handmade.

Print any combination of designs from the library of 20 cards, then embellish with your favorite colors and threads. Use the designs as many times as you like. You'll even learn how to make your own envelopes for a truly special bit of cheer. Whether you like to plan ahead or need something special at the last minute, you can get started immediately making cards you love!

6. Make Photo Ornaments

If you made it this far, we have a gift for you: you can learn how to make adorable, nostalgic TAP photo ornaments from your own family photos in this FREE and fun project course. Transferring your photos or favorite images onto select surfaces is quick and easy with Transfer Artist Paper (TAP). In this class, we will be using an inkjet printer and this specialty paper to add a color or black & white photo to basic white muslin fabric. Sophie Scardaci shares this holiday project that captures the folks she cares most about…her family!

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