gift making

With so much I'd like to get done before Christmas, I needed a plan so that I could still enjoy a peaceful Advent season. I've designated mornings for the less pleasant work~deep cleaning, polishing silver, washing curtains, floor waxing, etc. Afternoons are for the fun stuff~making gifts, sewing, and decorating.

Yesterday I sewed up a fleece hat and scarf for part of my Giving Tree gift at church...

(And yes, my home really is littered with 'work in progress' baskets, since I always have about a dozen projects started at any given time ~ I think it must be some sort of disease ;)

The pattern for the hat is McCall's 3402. The scarf I made up by sewing two lengths of fleece together and fringing the ends. I use the 'no pill' fleece from Joann Fabrics and I have always been happy with how it holds up.

Hope you are having a happy week!

Santa Fe

The braided fingerless glove pattern (shown in my last blog post) is now available at my Lulu store HERE. I decided to stick with just one size, women's large, because I've already moved on. I'm hard at work on the Algonquin socks from Folk Style and I think I'm going to make the flower hat as well.

For your eye candy today here are some recent photos from the City Different (Santa Fe). There were still flowers blooming in November.


Some pretty adobe buildings


A very old church


The Lensic theater


St. Francis church

I never get sick of looking at New Mexico architecture.

Advent

Saturday was the first of December, and I still had not made the Advent wreath. I headed outside to the pine tree with the soft needles and gathered a basketful; hopefully enough for a wreath for the front door as well...

It was a cold and blustery weekend, so most of the rest of it was spent inside making wreaths and sewing. I started a couple new projects, both with patchwork...

I have so many 'scraps' in the scrap basket it's overflowing. It's a good thrifty feeling to use them up, but best of all I love all the combinations I can put together. I promise more pictures of the finished projects soon...

Happy Advent everyone!