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The tree was looking naked…

Posted on December 8, 2008

…so I made it a skirt.

(though perhaps I shouldn’t use the word ‘naked’ in my title, or I might find myself with visitors looking for something other than sewing crafts!)

This tree skirt is inspired by amandajean’s tree skirt, as seen here in her Christmas tree skirt tutorial. I love her log cabin blocks, but I just didn’t have the patience!

I grabbed all the fabrics I had in red, green and brown and created 7″ blocks, each using 2 fabrics. I wanted my tree skirt to be a bit larger, so I created enough blocks to ultimately make a square about 60″. (It looks like it shrunk a bit in the wash, and is now about 57″ square.)

My goal was to finish it on Saturday so that we could get the tree on Sunday… I didn’t quite make it, as I was still hand sewing the binding on Sunday morning, but I’m pleased to say that I got it finished and now the tree looks lovely!

Now I should get busy sewing so there will be some presents to put under the tree!

A winner, and a little procrastination…

Posted on December 5, 2008

Thanks for all the comments on the last giveaway post! It looks like there are a lot of people out there who are pregnant or know someone who is! I’m not, and I don’t even know anyone who is (how about it, Kim?!), so I’m not sure why I was busy making baby blankets!

The random number generator selected number 39, Jody, who’s indicated that this blanket will be going to her 8 month old daughter. I’m glad to hear there’s a little one out there who will enjoy it!

I hope you’ll all check back – I’m sure there will be another little giveaway in the future… though maybe not until after the New Year… December really snuck up on me and now I’m feeling a bit behind!

And here’s what happens when I don’t feel like doing what I’m supposed to do…

I start a new quilt!

My to do list is quite long, but as per usual, I tend to dawdle when there are things I have to do… We’re thinking about picking up our tree this weekend, and I’m afraid it might have to go skirt-less, at least for a while.

In any case, I’m already thinking of this quilt as ‘a field of flowers’. Perhaps it will remind me of the nicer Vermont days during the long months of winter.

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It’s time for another giveaway!

Posted on December 3, 2008

I couldn’t not be part of giveaway day, right?!

So… up for grabs today… one of these cute little handmade baby blankets as seen in the Last Minute Patchwork & Quilted Gifts book. I made these out of some super soft white flannel and trimmed each in a print from the now out of print, but oh so popular!, Denyse Schmidt Flea Market Fancy line.

They each measure approximately 30″ x 40″. The winner will get to select whichever one they’d like. You don’t have a baby? Sign up anyway – these make great gifts! And, if you want, you could even say you made it yourself… I’ll never tell!