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Sunday, July 22, 2018

Christmas in July - Santa is Here

Welcome to 
Creatin' in the Sticks
and
to my day in the

Thank you, sweet Carol, for hosting this super fun and jolly hop!

Santa is here!!


But he's a little uncomfortable on the stump...

So let's pull him up a Santa sized chair.


And then he needs a Christmas rug for his feet.


All of the projects today here in the Sticks are from stash projects and ufos.

Santa was made from a panel I've had foreverrrrrrrrrr.


His chair was made from fabric in my stash and I drafted my own pattern.
To make it stiff, I used plastic canvas inside.


Santa's rug has very little sewing involved and was made
with 4 strands of lots of Christmas fabric and braided.


I used a tutorial from Mother Earth News to make the rug.
Find the tutorial by clicking HERE.

To end my Christmas in July celebration I finished a Christmas quilt.


It's 50" x 60"
and
this quilt was part of the
challenge.
The top was ready in December.


But now it's quilted and the binding is finished.


The full free tutorial for the quilt can be found by clicking HERE.

Need more Christmas?


Here is the schedule for the hop.

July 23

Creatin' in the Sticks - You are here!

July 24


July 25


July 26


July 27




Carol at Just Let Me Quilt has such fun hops
Thanks for visiting my blog!



Merry Christmas!



Saturday, July 21, 2018

Next Week - Christmas in July Blog Hop

is hosting
a blog hop next week.


starts Monday and I'm putting some final touches on a project or 2.


Don't miss the fun!

Here is the schedule:

July 23


July 24


July 25


July 26


July 27


If you are interested in joining a hop,
sign ups for a new hop are happening NOW.


Click here to join Carol in this hop in September.

I'll see you Monday.

Thank you, everyone, that have emailed wondering about me.
I took a little break from everything for a couple of weeks and it did me so much good.
I've cleaned my closets and had a garage sale.
When the closet doors open, rainbows shoot out and angels sing.
It's amazing what a break can do for the soul.

Now let's get back to stitching!!!!!