Our household spent the greater part of the weekend decorating for Christmas.
- Lights on outside of house: Check!
- Christmas tree: Check!
- Stockings hung by chimney with care: Check!
It's full steam ahead towards the holiday season, my favorite time of the year.
We had our monthly gathering of my small quilt group last weekend and I took a photo of the beautiful ornaments that my friend Carol made (above).
She has been making these for friends since the 1970's or so I believe. She's promised to teach me how to make them, so I'm very excited about that. I secretly wonder if you could use very thin handspun yarn instead of DMC floss...but maybe I should walk before I fly here.
Anyhow, thank you Carol for the beautiful ornament (she gave me the red one shown here, and I have a couple others from past years) and for allowing me to photograph these beautiful creations.
I love to make patchwork ball ornaments, but have been a bit behind in making them for the kids every year. Didn't manage to make any last year...wondering if I'll end up having a few spare cycles this year to come up with a few. They take me around 3-4 hrs each, but they are hand pieced and quite relaxing to sew up and even more fun to stuff. Time to break them out methinks.
Hope that the spirit of the season is bringing some extra happiness your way.
Those ornaments are so beautiful! Would love to learn how to make them.
ReplyDeleteLucky you! I echo AnnaVallance--I, too, would love to watch your friend teach you how those wonderful ornaments are made. They strike me as being 'a la Japonais'.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes, Hazle