Saturday, December 30, 2023
By now all the grandchildren pretty much know they will be getting a gift card for Christmas. But to make it a bit more exciting I added a little something to each of their bags.
I had to wait for the gift cards to arrive so I started making bags and tags. As it turned out the cards arrived before I was finished but they were an easy project so it didn’t delay getting them into the mail.
Thursday, December 28, 2023
I made at least one of these last year and repeated the pattern several times this year.
I knew I wanted to make a few mug rugs this year but I had to look hard to find a pattern that would work with Christmas fabric and that had a pocket to tuck something into. I tried fitting chocolate into the pocket but the bars were too long and thick to fit nicely so I ended up with a tea bag and one of Pat’s download cards.
Tuesday, December 26, 2023
I made a variety of Christmas cards this year so over the next couple of days I’ll post photos of them.
The November Guild demo was an evening of hand stitching one of these delightful trees. I loved the process and the pattern was immediately added to my card list. They were simple to do and I had improved my Blanket stitch by the time I was finished.
I’ve made this card a few times over the past years, but never for Christmas. I used Christmas fabric for the circles and I’m really pleased with how they turned out.
December 19, 2023
It is as if the designers intended this card for Dave. When I was thinking of a quilting pattern I looked up radio waves. Did you know radio waves are invisible? Knowing that, I attempted to make my quilting as invisible as possible but also used a wavy line just in case the stitches showed.
The binding on the card depict planets. Perhaps Dave’s voice is being carried into the universe and who knows who might be listening.