Simplicity and a blank canvas

I made quick use of this cozy red flannel. Our tiny tree was cold and naked. Immediately after receiving this fabric it served as a tree skirt, making our tannenbaum decent and warm. There it stayed, and as we left for our annual two week northern Midwest Christmas tour I decided it was perfect. No modification needed. (note to self - convince both families to move to a tropical location.) Perhaps next year it will get trimmed or updated in some fancy way, but this Christmas simplicity was nice.

The next round of fabric went on its this weekend and should be arriving in a mailbox near you shortly. I decided that to celebrate the new year we needed a "blank canvas". Start your creative engines!

Fabric #4 and following

The list of addresses we received with the first packet is also the order for the fabric-senders. I've been asked to supply the order so there is no doubt. If anyone needs the addresses let me know and I'll email them.

1 - Ruth (winter red) 2 - Kathy (fall leaves) 3 - Valerie (red flannel)
4 - Alycia 5 - Kate 6 - Angela 7 - Sue 8 - Karen

Someday I'll post my red flannel project - the day after Kathy posts her leaf project. :) I'm almost ready to start my next craft project; I just have one more holiday season thing to do tonight. (I'm serving a spaghetti and bison meatballs supper for Pastor's family. That sounds like an Epiphany meal, doesn't it?) So send me some fabric Alycia!

P.S. Does anyone know how to receive email notifications from this site if something new is posted? I know another blog site (Wordpress) that lets you subscribe to posts and to comments, and I haven't seen anything like that on blogger. Ideas?

Non-Christmas Hot Pad

Hey Everyone,

This has been my (non-fat-quarter-club) MAJOR CHRISTMAS PROJECT for several months, and I finished last week:

 So, when the red velvet arrived, I tossed around a bunch of Christmassy ideas, and ended up realizing I needed to look at something other than Christmas fabrics for a while. So I made a hot pad from some of my stash. The back side is all the red velvet. I'm thinking of making some more hot pads with some more of it. I might make its twin for my mom. She needs some new hot pads. BUT, not to get overwhelmed with new ideas halfway through December, I am sending her gift in the mail today with no hot pads. Then I can just relax, and if I never get around to it, it's okay. Her gift is done anyway.

Stockings...

...and the stockings were hung by the chimney with care.

Toby's Christmas Coat. Ho Ho Ho!

As soon as I saw the fabric this idea came to mind. Believe it or not he doesn't mind wearing the coat.

Fall Raffia Wreath

It's a good thing we have until December before we are "allowed" to post photos of the next fabric. That means my post is not late. :) I finished this project a while ago but finally found time to put my photo up here. I cut the fabric into strips and wrapped it around a wreath form, and then wrapped it again with a string of raffia. It was fun to have up for Thanksgiving, but it's coming down shortly to make way for Christmas decorations. I hope everyone has a calm and peaceful Advent season!