So its the 25th of July and before you know it is gonna be Christmas. So keeping that in mind I wanted to show you what I have been up to. During my Christmas leave ( yes back in Dec and Jan) I spent the time sewing Christmas stuff. I got some great deals on various Christmas fabrics and some patterns to fire up the creative juices and away I went.
I decided that many of my friends will be getting tree skirts for their presents. I also have been making runners and place mats as well and have a few stockings and pillow cases on the list too.
Without further ado here are my Christmas projects ( or at least some)!
The table square just started out as a large Dresden that I was playing around with to use up old Christmas fabric. The photo doesn't do it justice - showing off the contrast of creams, whites, golds and fossil fern red with the Christmas print.
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| Dresden table square |
I also purchases some strips from Connecting Threads, that I decided to make into these really easy place mats. Arlene the long arm quilter, did a fantastic job with an all over loop patterns. Using a meter of fabric and batting, she puts the place mats on top of that on her frame and away she goes. I find its also a good way to use up some fabric in the stash with out have to piece backs.
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| scrappy place mat green edge |
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| scrappy place mat brown edge |
I also purchased this sleigh riding print, a LONG TIME AGO that I decided to use up. Also practicing my flying geese I added a strip up the side to make it a bit more interesting.
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| sleigh ride place mat |
As you can see I still had fabric left over from the Dresden above and used it to make some small tree skirts, 30" across. My parents use a small tree so this will be perfect for them or even a senior in an apartment or nursing home with only a tiny tree. Tree skirt # 2 has the lovely floral Christmas print as its backing. I just love that fabric.
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| tree skirt 1 |
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| tree skirt 2 |
So that is my Christmas in July so far. I have a stocking that I need to unearth and complete, along with a few more tree skirts to complete. We have three trees so far and I have to get at least one done for us before the end of the summer. Well, what about you? How is your planning for Christmas going?
