Christmas preparations # 2: Advent Calendar - some sewing at last

Managed to finish off the advent calendar I've been planning since September and started just before Daniel was born.  In fact, I think I started it the very afternoon before I went into labour.  That was one hectic day.

It's a little bit Pinterest inspired and uses a combination of techniques including wonderful Bubble Jet Set for the numbers and some fantastic wonderweb type stuff to stick on the numbers and the letters.

I particularly enjoyed looking for nice old fashioned fonts and thinking though how to actually get it to hang properly as felt isn't the most robust of materials.  A hastily ironed on row of tape across the back to give the hanging ribbons something to hold onto did the job.

It could do with a little more embellishment, but that will have to wait until next year as it's already three days late.  Erin has been surprisingly good at grasping the concept of one pocket per day, particularly as there are chocolate coins stashed in there.  Am sure will find her one day with a mountain of silver paper trying to stuff chocolate into Daniel!