Decorating Done!

Well instead of getting much of anything done in the sewing room Christmas decorating was done instead.  I did get a few more hexies thread basted, a book finished and quilting in the evening like usual.

I thought I would share my Christmas quilting decorations with you today – many of you have seen this one before I made it back in 2009 – I believe the name of it was Christmas Baltimore Album – I don’t think the company/designer that produced the pattern is in business any longer – I might still have the pattern somewhere unless someone had asked me for it.  It is just a little long for the space but not much hidden behind the couch.

This wall hanging is older – I made it in 2002 – it was a kit that my girls bought for me for a Xmas present the year before – at one point about 5 years ago I think I got fed up with how uneven of one of the sides was and cut it down to  straighten it out – what satisfied me back then was something I could no longer stand to look at LOL – it still looks crooked but the hanger is normally holding something smaller and isn’t quite wide enough for this

I love the quilt on the table – that one is rather new I made it about 3 years ago I think – the pattern is available from Lynn at Sew’n Wild Oaks the pattern is called Country Charmer.  The small wall hanging on the wall is a Feathered Star with a cardinal in the middle – the pattern was in a magazine years ago.  Linking to Melva Loves Scraps for the Monday link up and Small Quilts and Doll Quilts, Monday Musings —

Here is a close up of it

And then here is a quilt ladder by the Xmas tree – from the top a red and pale yellow batik Dear Jane from about 15 years ago maybe?, next is Alaska pattern by Ediyta Sitar at Laundry Basket quilts, and the bottom quilt is a traditional red and green applique – this quilt was a combination of patterns from two books –I’m sorry I don’t have the names of them handy.  The little quilt on the table is reverse applique with the patterns from an old book called Dutch Treat, that one too must be 15 years old or so.  Several of the boxes under the tree are from gifts that I gave to my mother over the years and after she died I found them in her closet and took them home and display them in memories of her.  She loved those boxes as much as the homemade cookies that were inside of them!

My tree is a mess of old ornaments and some wildlife type of ornaments – and some hand made from over the year – I just hold on to the ones I like

This one is a cross stitch Melanie made me and the red/black plaid was from a sweater of my fathers – after he died she asked her grandma if she could have his winter sweater and she said yes – she wore it for a bit and then she ended up making a tote bag with it and used a bit for this stuffed ornament for the tree in memory of her grandpa.

Here is the bag – she found a photo for me – she wasn’t sure where the bag was this was from some years ago.

So there is the tour of my Xmas decorations – I keep saying I need to down size and not put up so much and each year I end up doing the same!

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