Decorating begins

I thought about it earlier today and thought maybe it was time to start looking through the Christmas things to get the house looking pretty for the season.  I tend to decorate over two or three days the past 5 years or so and not do it all at once.  Also most of the boxes are in the upstairs storage area of the workshop and I’m not going to drag them in here!  I will leave that for Mike to do this weekend.  He put all the boxes on the porch last year for me and I think it took me a week before I was finally finished – and I don’t put up THAT much –I just don’t rush decorating

Another reason not to rush is that last year I decided I was going to make a new skirt for the Christmas tree – and guess what — I haven’t touched it!!  I saved the old skirt and bought some velvet in a dark burgundy and a forest green and I put it aside — for the whole year!  My intention was to crazy quilt the skirt with velvet by placing it on top of the old skirt and do a decorative stitch from my seldom used sewing machine – well after putting the wreaths on the door and the fireplace, table toppers on the coffee table and the dining table and some swag garland in the doorway I came in here to the sewing room to get busy on the skirt only to realize I don’t think I have enough velvet.  I got started and will run to Hobby Lobby tomorrow to get more velvet.  Good intentions – just was too busy on other projects.

I have more of the Dutch Treat finished but still lacking two rows which I might get stitched tonight so if I get it done I will show it tomorrow.  I have not decided on a border.  I would like to do a reverse applique border for it to match what I have so far — BUT — I don’t know if I want to take the time!   I might just do a skinny border sashing of each of the two fabrics. I will decide tomorrow. That last sentence always reminds me of Scarlett O’Hara - “tomorrow is another day” (“Gone with the Wind” will forever be a favorite old classic of mine – the movie is ok to but I love the book and have read it 3 or 4 times over the years).