I've been as busy
as a little elf in my sewing workshop!
A few Christmas
projects were on this year's list. I used the 9” wedge die for a
pretty table runner in gray and red. Calm and Bright looks
nice on our coffee table with one of Hazel's Christmas Village houses
and a candle globe filled with tiny red bells.
The stockings came from my July yard sale fabric, one for the laundry room and another for the kitchen wall.
I like for our home to be festive but not over
the top. I have several holiday items in every room, sometimes only
adding greenery, a quilt, or pillows.
We don't put up a tree, but I
decorate our Norfolk Island pine with lightweight ornaments. Then I
use some of my old favorite ornaments to add a bit of holiday bling
to my regular decor.
I almost forgot
about the purse I made in October, probably because I've been using
it. It's made with a flowering snowball block. Cutting and sewing
the curved seams was easy and accurate, thanks to AccuQuilt's die.
The gray prints contrast nicely with bright purple and coral batiks.
I finished Snazzy Snowball in an afternoon.
Christmas
isn't a season.
It's a feeling.
~Edna Ferber
