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After the craft show last month, I was asked to make a quilted baby blanket in the style of the cushions that were so popular at the show. I hadn't done this before but I was quite confident that it would look great - and it did!

I cut a piece of the patchwork material and layered it up with some wadding and light pink material, and machine quilted it in the check pattern. This was the easy part!

I bought some silky bias binding to edge it, which I hadn't used before and was a little bit tricky but I got there in the end:

For the corners, I did cheat slightly because I rounded them which made the binding a bit easier. The blanket was received very well and commented that 'it is better than anything you can buy in the shops' which is a great compliment! I'm hoping to get some more of this material so I can make a few more in the new year to sell.

I also had a request for a bespoke Christmas card. This was from someone who really likes my cards and wanted something special to give to her parents.

This card wasn't as easy as I first thought and I sat there on a Saturday for several hours wondering what I could do. I had to play around with the backing paper for ages, making sure it looked good.

The main image is a Christmas tree stamp from Indigo Blu which was heat embossed with white frantage embossing powder, to give the vintage glittery look:

Although I absolutely love embossing, I just can't find a good coloured gold embossing powder, so for the Mum and Dad lettering I had to paint the chipboard letters with gold acrylic paint, which had a similarly dazzling effect.

I did, however, emboss the Happy Christmas with bronze embossing powder - I couldn't resist!

The stars were the perfect finishing touch, embossed with the same white frantage powder which gives a different result every time. Although they turned out mainly white, they do have gold glittery effects mixed in too.

I hope they like it!