Having moved into our new house officially on October first, we are preparing for our Very First Christmas at Thistle Farm! We still haven't installed the trim in the house, but we finally found most of the Christmas boxes & trimmed the tree.
About a week ago, I realized I needed my sewing machine to make Christmas presents, and it still didn't have an official place. It took three days to dig out what had been shoved under the stairs in the basement and find better places for it (like Goodwill Industries, The Salvation Army...). Now I have my very own "Sewing Cave". It's 'my very own' because there's not room for anyone else in there. When the family visits, they perch on the pile of stuff outside the door frame in the mechanical room. I performed a miracle & got a tabletop-sized ironing board in there (I hinged it to the bottom of the peg board & prop it up with a stick). You think it's so I can press seams, but the iron is a perfect radiator for these snowy winter days. I just have to be careful of a few things: I park the iron so it won't burn me accidentally; I remember the ceiling is close enough to use for a headrest during catnaps at the machine; and, I plan WAY ahead for bathroom breaks -- everything has to be closed, folded down, and put away before I can emerge from seclusion & then I do a lap around the entire basement & run up a flight of stairs (& I'm hoping the whole time there's no waiting when I get there because that means another 17 stairs!).
So, it's 12 days until Christmas, & I still haven't mailed anything because I keep thinking of 'one more thing' I need to make first. My hubby's family has a tradition of exchanging ornaments, and, after almost 20 years of wedded bliss (more & less) I think I'm finally going to actually accomplish this part of my To Do list the way I have always wanted to do it for every single one of them. I come up with these great ideas, and then I have to make 12. Number one comes out great, but takes way too long -- long story endless -- so we end up buying ornaments I could have made if I had just thought of it last July (will someone please remind me of this next July???).
When Hubby gets a chance to show me how, I'll post a Free Pattern of the Stocking Ornament I designed. Don't worry, you'll have plenty of time to get yours done. I clocked how long they took, did some math & came up with 6 minutes for each one when done in an assembly line (about 15 minutes each if you do them one at a time).
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