Our new great-niece, Grace Elizabeth arrived safely on
December 20th. And after saying that I was smugly ahead of the game with the
baby quilt in my last missive, I decided to complete it as a floor mat for
Christmas for our Granddaughter Katie who is 3 ½ months old now.
Yacht
Teddy
Butterfly
Snake
And naturally I signed it (if not a little
blurredly!). It is always important to sign and date your work. As a matter of
pride, you should feel that your name ought to be attached to your creation and,
in the fullness of time, you just never know where your quilts will end up.
Signature
The house is more or less dressed. We live in
converted farm buildings, the upper barn, lower barn and the dairy to be
precise. When the conversion was done before we bought it, planning laws
dictated that the windows had to remain where they were in the original building.
So we have a high window (no it doesn’t get clean … we can’t reach it!) in the
lounge. This comes into its own for the exalted star of our Christmas … the
turkey!
Turkey and tree quilt
Sideboard
The tree is laden with decorations and underneath it
stand our gifts. They don’t represent vast amounts of money, but they have been
selected with a lot of thought (and a suggestions list!) For the last 3 years
we have adhered to a £20-per-present-per-head request from our daughters, and
we gladly try to do this. It takes the angst out of present buying and makes
the occasion less commercial.
Christmas tree
It’s the lights that add the atmosphere lights …
Tree and lights
And all that remains is for me to wish you all a
loving and peaceful Christmas.
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