Not Quite What I Had Planned

I had good intentions to finish the Christmas wall hanging tonight.  I really did.

I got side tracked.

When we were rearranging things before putting up the Christmas tree this afternoon, I ran across the paintings on fabric that Geff had done this summer.

Tonight, instead of working on the Christmas wall hanging as I should have, I decided to work on one of the paintings.

I had already started on the tree on the left when I ran out of ideas this past summer.

This time, I started by giving some definitions to the mountain range.

Then, I added some definition to the tree trunks.

And, finally, started working on the tree on the right.  Unfortunately, my shoulders were telling me that I'm out of practice, so I'll have to pick up from here another night.

Christmas Wall Hanging

Happy Belated Thanksgiving!

While cleaning up around the sewing table before guests arrived, I ran across a Christmas panel that I had purchased a month or two ago...and had completely forgotten about.

I liked it as much when I uncovered it on the sewing table as I had when I first saw it.  Basically, "The Night Before Christmas" in a redwork print.

Last night, after the guests had left and the dinner clean up was done, I decided to take it out again. 

My initial reaction was to create a wall hanging from the large portion, and then create pillows from the two smaller images.  The first is Santa in his sleigh.

The second is an old fashioned "Merry Christmas."

I was still thinking along these lines when I entered into the craft room in search of corresponding fabric.  I quickly found the perfect fabrics:  a dark green and a cream.

Last night, I put a green border around the large image.  Fortunately, I decided to put it away for the night.  When I started working on it today, I decided that I needed to work in the other two images. I started working up an elaborate design.  After the second sketch, I remembered the purpose of this blog:  to finish projects.

With that in mind, I slimmed down the design, found some corresponding fabric on the sewing table, and before I knew it, I had a finished wall hanging top.

I bought some backing fabric, and once I pre-wash it, I'll quilt it and have another finished project.  It isn't nearly as fancy as it was going to be, but it will be great to have it up on the wall before Christmas 2015!

Far Too Long Since My Last Post

It has been far too long since my last post.  I finally finished the last of the 30+ Christmas stockings.

Last weekend, the Christmas stockings made their debut at the Longmont Elks Craft Fair.  We didn't sell any of the stockings, but it was a very successful event for us.  I'm going to have to make some more pot holders!

Plus, it was a lot of fun!

Tonight, I started working on some more Christmas cards.  I should have enough for this year, but I need something to replace working on the Christmas stockings.

Here are the way they are looking right now...