Quilted-Looking Christmas Ornaments

Starting just after Thanksgiving 2020 and ending just prior to Christmas, I embarked on a no-sew, “quilted” (actually folded) ornaments project for friends and family. I learned how to create these by watching a video on YouTube from Shabby Fabrics. This was a great way to utilize scraps of fabric from previous projects. Each ornament is made from a 3″ …

Whitetail & Mule Deer Christmas Tree Skirt

In the fall of 2018, I promised each of our daughters and daughter-in-law that I’d be making them a custom Christmas tree skirt. In 2018, two of them were completed and it wasn’t until the Christmas of 2020 that I got around to completing the other two. Here is the whitetail and mule deer quilted and appliqued tree skirt made …

Christmas Stockings

For a few years, I’d been promising my daughter, Emily, I’d make custom Christmas stockings for her family. Every year she’d ask whether it’d be “this year” and, in 2020, it finally was. If I’m making a gift for someone then my rule is it can’t feel like work. I have to be, well, in the mood, so to speak, …

Peanuts Gang Christmas Skirt

In the fall of 2018, I promised each of our daughters and daughter-in-law that I’d be making them a custom Christmas tree skirt. In 2018, two of them were completed and it wasn’t until the Christmas of 2020 that I got around to completing the other two. Here’s the Peanuts Gang quilted and embroidered tree skirt made for our son’s …