New nativity!!

I've wanted for a very long time to make an advent calendar for the run up to Christmas, but was always reluctant to start because i could never decide on what type to make!

 

This year I finally bit the bullet and went for the nativity and pockets design!

Each day has a pocket with a sweet and a character inside.

  

Look at them all poking out! lol!  

 So each day you have to add another character to populate the nativity scene.  I made the little charcters from felt and put poppers on the labelled spaces in the stable...because it wouldn't be mine if i couldn't be in complete control! lol!

I layered on the numbers and freehand embroidered the numbers, before cutting away the red fabric to make the shapes. 

And of course I made Mary and Joseph match! Lol!