just a couple of geese pillow!

Here is my last Christmas present for this year,

a cute geese pillow!

The pattern is from Bustle and Sew,

perfect for Christmas and after.

I couldn't share until now,

just like last year with the bear pillow:

For this year pillow,

I used the same quilting print that I used for

the tree skirt, a nice snowy blue.

And some felt applique!

Bosco was very intrigued by this new pillow!He is almost fully back to himself after his knee replacement in June,just a slight limp left.

Happy sewing!

Christmas mantel with a new skating embroidery

I finally finished decorating the mantel,

just in time for Christmas!

The cross stitched embroidery took me a little longer than I thought,

but it looks perfect there!
I layered lots of garlands on the mantel,most of them from previous years,adding the stockings from last year: 

and a blue Santa from my Lucketts trip.I added a little tree made from scraps of 1 x 4,inspired by this tutorial by Crafted.
And there's nothing better than reading by the fire on Christmas day!

Merry Christmas to you and your family!

a tree coaster or the 2021 mug rug

I love making mug rugs,and I love making little presents for friends,so this is the perfect craft to give away:

no drink in the cup, no risk of spilling!

And I made a lot of them,

for my girlfriends, for the family, for myself....

I followed a tutorial from Minki's Work table (again!)

on her you tube channel,

pretty easy with reverse applique, no raw edges and quilt as you go.

For my first set I used the same fabric I used for 

my sister's Snowy Tree Skirt:

Then I started playing with linen and traditional Christmas colors,

then less traditional colors, then quilting the linen as the tree,

not centering it!

And that one became my favorite!

It goes well with all the red and blue we have at home.

Try making one or ten,

it is a little addicting!

Happy sewing!

trip to Lucketts Christmas house 2021

This year again we went to the Lucketts Christmas Design House!And just like last year, we had to buy tickets,but it was quite worth it:we went just after Thanksgiving,and it finally put me in the mood to decorate the house....which is happening slowly.

As usual, there were great wall papers, beautiful décor,

and perfect accessories!

I am a huge blue room person so this blue deer paper was so good!

And so was this moody bedroom:

A lot more masculine feel than most of the house,great blues and green with cold accent.
I have seen lately a lot of people using dried orange slices,but I like the use of the whole orange with cloves

it makes me want to try to do something like that too!

There were of course a lot of beautifully decorated trees,

like this one with more pastel colors:

Every room has its tree, and fireplace/mantel perfectly decorated:

those metal trees were very neat, lot of debates about bringing some home!

I really enjoyed this bedroom, very girly and pinky,

quite different from my style,

but so lovely!

It seems so soft and plushy, and that wallpaper!

There were also more traditional red and green decor,

with a lot of white added.

While the rooms are all perfectly decorated,there are a couple of vignettes that are just perfect,like this stylist deer (love deer!)and this little votive holder with the chalet scene:

So what did I bring home?a golden squirrel holding an acorn(I have quite a collection of squirrel, deer and mushroom,there are worse things! 😜)an old fashion blue Santawho is going to be on the mantel,and a beautiful scarf (present for a friend)
but more importantlyI came home in much better spirit,ready to play with ornaments, wreathsand light!

Happy Day!

a snowy Christmas tree skirt

I sewed a new Christmas tree skirt!

It is so whimsical and fun,

 trees and houses in the snow:

I made it for my sister who did not want too much red or green,

so lot of blue and pink!

The pattern is Yule tide Christmas tree skirt from Tied with a Ribbon,pretty easy to make, lot of raw edge appliques, so quite doable.
I mostly followed the directions, especially for the tree panel,with the reverse applique stars

but I realized my white and gold fabric was visible under the blue fabric,

so I did some regular applique on the house panel:

I also decided to stitch each panel on batting, 

skipping the quilting part later.

It worked well, making it easy to quilt.

I just stitched each panel to its friend,

trimming the batting at the seam to avoid any bulk.

Then I placed it on top the backing

and just stitched along the seams of each panel.

And finally I bound it with some candy cane print (cut on the bias)

I chose a more traditional print for the backing,

in case my sister decides to embrace red and green for Christmas next year!

I look forward to seeing some pictures with her tree,it will probably be better than this glass tree!

Here are some Christmas tree skirt I made previously:

Soft and fluffy skirt

Quilted tree skirt


Happy sewing!