Merry Christmas

It's a sunny and bright Christmas Eve here and i wanted to show you some christmassy pictures....

..........my cross stitch signs are kept from year to year and i am planning lots more this coming year....this is my shaker horse from the old shaker shop and my little quilt cupboard.....

.........wrapping presents for the family......some posted in a big parcel....some to be opened in the garden, socially distanced.......

........candles and coffee to accompany the wrapping....

.......using my heartstrings quilt....

.........one of my favourites...pattern in my etsy shop.......as is the pentagon ball ornament pattern used below....

....these are really fun to make and to choose fussy cut fabrics for....

....love adding little hand embroidery stitches too and appliqué....

....so many different ones to make...it can be quite addictive....

.......the santa sign is up....and the second try with the reindeer decorative rolling pin worked much better....

......this time i chilled the dough first for 30 minutes, then rolled it out, cut out the biscuits and then chilled them again for 30 minutes.....even if the pattern did disappear the first time they still tasted yummy :)....

 thank you for visiting me here dear readers.....i wish you a peaceful and happy christmas time whatever your circumstances are....hope you enjoy some magic and even though we can't all be together this year ....all hearts come home for christmas....take care, stay safe and well lovelies and MERRY CHRISTMAS xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

December Days

Hello again dear blog friends.....it has turned very chilly here and we are glad of our quilts and heating and fires this week.....

.........a bit of festive baking has been done ......couldn't wait to use this reindeer embossing rolling pin....

..........i made some cookie dough and rolled it out......some of the pattern faded in the oven .....maybe i cut the cookies too thick or there was too much butter in this recipe....will be trying a different one tomorrow and hope i get the perfect pattern on them...

.......finished the circle table topper (from my book some sweet home sewing newly published and available on amazon, in book shops and other online sites)........this is my festive red and cream version of course....

.........it makes the perfect candle mat especially with this sweet old cath kidston chamberstick...

........a peek at one more snowy window.....

.........for the backing on this mat i chose a gorgeous tilda print from the bon voyage collection....

...........love these bold circle flowers.....

........here is a peek through the snowy sewing room window (quite a blizzard isn't it?).....

..........and here is the little window with candles and fabric robins against a snowy pane....

..........winter scenes are very quiet and peaceful......loving the pale colours.....

 .......thank you for coming to see me here dear readers......thank you for the kind comments you leave me and the good wishes you send......wishing you a warm, peaceful week with simple joys and cosy times.....take care of yourselves and stay safe and well lovelies........back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Red, White and Reindeer

It's very cold here and we are glad of our cosy quilts......here is a small stack of red and white quilts...

........along with a few decorations and of course some bulbs bringing some fresh green to our home...

.....the pattern for the reindeer cushion i made last year is now in my etsy shop (link in side bar)...

......here it is on the white metal bed in the room where my lovely little grandchildren stay...or used to before this year's strange times.....

........and here too is the red and white checkerboard quilt which is also available as a pattern now in my etsy shop.....

......it's nice to get lots of things ticked off the to do list.....lots of christmas shopping has been done and parcels wrapped ready for posting off......

........cosy old checkerboard quilt.....cabbages and roses pillow cases to match....

.........and more reindeer....on the tree in the sitting room we have red and white ornaments....

.........this is the small tree that i usually put some chocolates on for the children....

..........a close up below of the red and white quilt......so simple but such an old favourite...

.........loving finding all the older decorations i'd forgotten about and adding some new ones like this little wooden slice joy ornament from my little chalet here.....

 ........thank you for visiting me here dear readers and for your lovely comments......hoping you are enjoying the countdown to christmas even if it is a bit different this year......enjoy the cosy moments and the little treats more than ever......take care lovelies and keep well........back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Snowflakes

Happy December dear readers.......we have got some snowflakes to show you today....this is a tiny window at the back of our victorian house....with lots of snowflakes looking wintry and festive.....

.....i bought them from amazon, on a whim, and had a fun time placing these snowflake decals...

........we rarely have actual snow here so these give a welcome wintry effect.....

....i also put some on the sewing room window......here is my newly finished flying geese cushion....

.......a closer view of this quilted squishy patchwork cushion which i enjoyed sewing....

.........the winter quilt made with fleurs de noel fabrics by french general for moda is being hand quilted at the moment....here it is in the sewing room window....

.........and here are some snowflakes reflected in my coffee cup....such a nice surprise...

........this quilt is my evening stitching project while watching movies...so cosy.....

........and when the book you're reading matches your quilt...you just have to show it.....a very interesting book....recollections and life experiences woven through textile memories......

........new xmas decorations....i made these striped cones from the pattern in my book home sweet home sewing.....they are on the dresser here for my photo but i'll be adding them to the sitting room tree with sweeties in nearer christmas ......

.........one last picture peeking through the tiny window to see a little deer (also from my new book) among the candles and snowflakes......

 .........thank you for dropping in to my little bit of crafty blogland lovely readers, and thank you for your kind comments.....wishing you a cosy, creative, happy, twinkling, cheerful and safe December.....stay well my lovelies..........back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx