Looking back, it's been a fairly busy week/weekend! It started snowing Tuesday afternoon, and continued well into the evening, giving us a full inch of pretty ground covering . . .
Coming into the camp. It took me ninety minutes to get home from work on Tuesday evening!
It was still pretty the next morning, too!
Wednesday I finished up the binding on the last of the Christmas quilts . . .
Three little lap quilts, all with their binding neatly stitched up! Ijust need to pop labels on them.
Thursday we had our annual Christmas Open House at work. I enjoy getting things set up for it. We generally have a good number of visitors come through the doors!
My favorite table of visitors . . .
The Christmas tree always makes a great backdrop for this pretty trio of girls:
Does that not just deck your halls?!!
Friday morning we had several visitors over for breakfast al fresco . . .
And along with running some Christmas errands and lunch at a new restaurant in town with Todd, I tried my hand at this darling fabric origami hexi ornament:
Well, I tried my hand twice . . .
These whip up very quickly and make a darling addition to a gift! Not Afraid of Color shared theirs in a recent Slow Sunday Stitching post and also shared the video tutorial she'd used to make them. You can find it right HERE!
Saturday, was all about tea! My mom, Joc, Ellie, Evey and I headed to Chattanooga for a Victorian Christmas tea at Polly Claire's!
Four generations!
We had a very lovely time. :)
Over Thanksgiving weekend, Mary Corbet at Needle 'n Thread released a darling set of snowflake embroidery patterns. SO pretty! I'd been watching the sample pieces on her instagram feed, and knew which one I was going to want to stitch up first . . .
I couldn't wait for Sunday and have taken a few stitches, but this will definitely be my project for some much anticipated slow Sunday stitching!
And I'm using metallic floss, so it sparkles. ♥
Linking up to the slow stitching post at Kathy's Quilts--stop by and see who's doing what!
Have you seen one of the latest ornaments on my tree??
Isn't this hand-painted snow fellow the sweetest? If you haven't entered my 'giftaway,' and you'd like one like him, be sure to check out my Pearl's Peg post!
Happy Sunday stitching!
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Such a busy, busy week with family and friends! Great idea for a food table set up. Can’t wait to see ur progress on the snowflake. It looks like it’s 2 layered - is that a stabilizer or I’ve seen some ppl print patterns on a washaway piece that is stitched through. Clearly I’m not up on embroidery options. Happy Slow Sunday! I’ve got a list a mile long so I best get to it...
You certainly have been busy! Your projects are lovely. That afternoon tea looks great, especially with all the lovely china and was that a scone I spied?
Lots going on at your end. Are you using the DMC Diamont floss? I received mine, and love the colors, but haven’t really taken it out of the bag, or unspooled it at all to see what it feels like. I might have to start stitching the snowflakes soon.
Great projects and activities. The girls are adorable! Love those snowflakes!
Busy week but it does look like lots of fun and great memories made. Your snowflake is adorable as are those ornaments for the tree. I've been seeing them around on blog land the last week or two. I think I need to try one today. Thanks for the link.
What a great snowflake!
What a fun week! The highlight was the photo of the 4 generations. How special your granddaughters know and will remember their great grandmother. Enjoy the embroidery work on the cute snowflake. Happy Stitching!
What a busy but fun week. Love the picture of the four generations.
Precious time with 4 generations! Glad you got home safe after the snowstorm. Merry Christmas!
The tea looks like a lot of fun. My "little girl" won't do the tea house thing, as much as her Aunt (who has only boys) had hoped. Great pictures and fun projects. Love your new embroidery project. Happy stitching and happy holidays!
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