I hope your Christmas was as merry as mine! Here's a snippet of my holiday season...
Homemade hot chocolate, decorations, and the Grinch - does it get any better?
Then we participated in the Vientiane 5k here in town. It's the first one we've gotten to run in in a while!
Look at my husband...SO happy to be up for a 6am run ;-)
I finally quit procrastinating and got to my Christmas sewing. Here're the stockings I mentioned I needed a lot of...boy am I sick of stockings after that!
10 in one day was a bit too many! But they loved them!
I found this great fabric on clearance back in June and decided Hopscotch by Camille Roskelley would be perfect for it. It's even prettier in person!
Here's the layout phase.
I also decided 2014 was a bit long to carry a 12 month block of the month into, so I finished the top for my 2014 block of the month by Fat Quarter Shop.
Just figuring out a backing now!
Wow, I'm starting to feel like this month is going to take more than one post! I have so many photos of fun things I did this last month that I can't possibly fit them all into one.
Missouri Star Quilt Company released this great tutorial a few months ago called Dresden Sunburst and I instantly bought the Wordsmith collection by Moda for it because I knew it would be perfect. Inspiration finally struck and I got to work!
I got it to this pretty, ready to complete the top phase...and my needle broke.
No, like really broke. Snapped when I used the thread cutter on the last one. And now my wheel won't turn and I have to put her on a train to Bangkok for repairs 👎👎😰
So in the meantime, I'll be doing lots of cutting and playing with the lovely new gift from my husband....a light board!!!
It's like he knows me! (Or I hinted for months about how much better applique would be with a light board!)
I've got a loooooong journey on my Sue Garman Ladies of the Sea block of the month, month 2 is pictured there. After a lot of blood, sweat, and tears (literally, on all counts!) and a year of figuring it out I finally finished month 1...
What a relief!
I'll get to work on part 2 of the holiday season soon! It includes a trip to Thai fabric markets, temples, and more sewing of course!
What did you get that you were hoping for this holiday season? Did you give any homemade gifts? I'd love to see photos!
