This a photo of one of the first Christmas quilts I made. I don’t have a place for it right now so it has been put away. Maybe one day I will have a free space large enough on one of the walls to put it.
Oh don’t you just hate having to put the Xmas decorations away when the season is about over! I have been at it for awhile now. Mike is busy with other stuff . I can reach the outside lights just fine so I am handling it. I took them down and just got them all put back into their boxes. The wreaths are put away. The little trees by the front door and the swags are all put away. Now to start with all the other stuff and remember what boxes hold what and make it all fit once again! Today is sunny and in the mid-50′s — seemed like the perfect day to get busy and get the outside lights taken care of.
Sometimes I start to feel kind of “bah humbug” and feel like a scrooge. I wonder why do I put all this stuff out every year. There are no small children around to appreciate it, the grandkids live miles away. I guess we keep doing it to recapture the feeling we had at the holidays when our children were small. Each year I tend to put less decorations out and toss some of the really old junk and I do mean junk not antique 
I am going to leave the Xmas tree skirt out and use it for a pattern for a new one. I am thinking of making a crazy quilt skirt to use next year for under the tree. I will use the few fancy stitches on my sewing machine for it – not something I normally do. This will give me some practice I guess. The fabric will be in velvets. I will have to search on line for some I guess as I have none. I am thinking of rich greens and burgundy type of colors . I will most likely have to shop on line. Maybe toss in some dark purples and deep, deep pink. We will see. Anybody have any of these colors on hand? Maybe we can do a swap of some sort. Let me know.
Question #2 Foundation blocks are found in which group of patterns?
A – Log Cabin, Pineapple, Press Piecing
B – Dresden Plate, Sun Bonnet Sue, Rose of Sharon
C – School House, Star of Bethlehem, Ocean Waves
the answer to yesterdays question was: C -Stitches Found on Crazy Quilts
Follow this link to a page on Crazy quilts and how to do the decorative stitches.
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Well you know this year I put very minimal decorations up and I was happy with it. I really hate getting ready for Christmas. I enjoy the holiday part when it comes but I loathe December because of all the “pressure”. Why I had 8 children is now beyond my abilities!
the answer to question 2 is A
Nanette I’m the 3rd oldest of 12 children I loved Christmas as a kid, so many cookies to bake, someone always believing in Santa ect., I loved it with my girls also, I still like it don’t get me wrong, but some of the fun is missing when no children are around!
Karen, the following is a website which might be of interest to those of us who sell home made baby quilts or toys. I knew nothing of this. http://coolmompicks.com/savehandmade
Charlotte I just checked out the link briefly. I don’t think that law would affect quilts but possible toys – dolls ect. Looks like something that we will have to read about and see what this new law is all about.
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