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Day 148: A Star is Born

Day 149: Kitty Christmas at Pets, Inc.!
Day 147: A Happy Thanksgiving Simple Sleeveless Dress Refashion

I love the day after Thanksgiving!  One of my favorite things about it (it ranks right up there with gnoshing on tasty leftovers all day) is decorating the Christmas tree!  🙂

Sadly, our tree was missing a little something.  I filled it with ornaments and lights, but the top was still bare.  :/ Time to get to work!

I used the bottom scrap from Day 24 and a shoulder pad from Day 63.

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Lookin' Scrappy!
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A Rad Little Pad!

First I had Fella draw a star on a piece of paper (because for some reason I couldn’t draw a proper star if my life depended on it), cut it out, and traced it twice on the gold scrap.  I snipped it out.

I sewed the two sides together.  This fabric was thin and stretchy, so my star ended up looking a bit wonky.  :/

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In Stitches!

I turned my star right side out and stuffed it.

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Stuffing the Star!

So my star was almost ready!  All I needed was a way to attach it to the top of my tree.

I sewed two sides of the shoulder pad together and turned it inside-out.

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Whirrrrr!

So now I have a star and a thingy to attach the star to my tree.  I combined the two by hand-stitching a pretty rhinestone button through the pad and the star.

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This goes here.

I know it looks a little cattywompus, but I find it charming.  🙂

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Ta-Daaaaaaaaah! 🙂

Of course, since we have a curious kitty cat, a big tree could be dangerous (imagine Gypsy climbing all over it and knocking it to the ground!).  There’s nothing wrong with a teeny tree!  🙂

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It's not pathetic. It's humble. 🙂

I hope you guys are having a wonderful holiday season.  Happy tree trimming!  🙂

 

Day 149: Kitty Christmas at Pets, Inc.!
Day 147: A Happy Thanksgiving Simple Sleeveless Dress Refashion