We bought a new Christmas tree this year because our last one was becoming a bit shabby. We decided to decorate it in only silver and we are very happy to have a change from the usual mix of colours.
I got out my collection of nutcrackers and took their photo, I have resisted buying anymore for a few years now because they all fit nicely on my mantelpiece but I had to be very strong this year because there were some lovely ones in the shops.
It's our turn to have the family over for lunch this year and I managed to find Christmas crackers and paper serviettes with nutcrackers on them as well.
I am looking forward to Christmas this year; Grandchildren certainly bring the joy back into Christmas. My daughter sent me a little video of Savannah skipping around the room and singing to the tune of 'Santa Claus is Coming', now we can't get the song out of our heads as well. She is so excited even though her photo with Santa had her looking a little more subdued. She loves him much better from a distance!
Savannah is very excited though and cannot stop dancing. Two is such a lovely age.
In between helping my daughters with some babysitting and shopping for presents I have been doing some sewing. I have been making quite a large quilt in my Coral Reef series and for some reason I thought I might have it finished by the end of the year!
That was not to be because I decided to try out a number 60 needle and it broke my needle threader; apparently you have to manually thread the small number 60 needles because the hole is too small for the automatic threader. I took it in to be fixed two weeks ago and I still haven't got it back.
I do have other machines that I could use but I love my Bernina 820 and I have all the bobbins set up in various colours and I love the big throat space.
I can still do hand stitching in my spare time and I transformed a plain spot fabric into coral by doing lots of colonial knots.
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| Plain spot fabric |
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| Coral with colonial knots |
Even I was surprised at the difference it made.
Merry Christmas
Bye for now,
Linda
6 comments:
Love the 'silver' tree...so nice for a change isn't it. I too changed this year to gold/white. Looks so nice! Can't wait for the quilting revealed on your underwater piece. Happy holidays!
Thanks Robbie, we are so happy with our silver tree and it is not often that we are on trend either!
Lovely tree, merry christmas to you and your family, enjoy the little ones, bit more exciting seeing their faces.
Thanks Jude, Merry Christmas to you too
Such a beautiful post Linda with so many delicious photos...especially those little munchkins! All the best for 2017 to you all xx
Thanks Michele, I hope 2017 is kind to you as well xx
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