It is Friday and time for our second Christmas in July post. I hope you enjoyed last week's Bobbin and Wooden Spool Ornaments. Tawn is back again this week with another furn and easy creation: Antique Thimble Ornaments! So I will turn it over to Tawn. Somewhere several months ago, I saw this picture of a thimble used as a charm on a necklace. Since then I have been on the prowl at antique shops, eBay and Etsy gathering pretty thimbles for this year’s ornaments. Here are just

Welcome to Christmas in July! For the next 4 Fridays the blog will feature some fun ways to get started on your Christmas presents. To kick things off, today I am welcoming my good friend, Tawn Hunka to the blog. Tawn is a retired flight attendant, former President of the Smocking Arts Guild of America (SAGA), grandmother extraordinaire, and an amazing sewist! I had the privilege of serving as President Elect when Tawn was President of SAGA and flying around the country with

I have always loved angels; probably because my mother does. Our house was covered in angels at Christmas time. Two of hers have been passed on to me and now are part of our holiday decorations. Angels don't seem to be as popular as some other holiday themes this year and I had a more difficult time in rounding up free angel patterns, but I did find some lovely ones, so we will make up in quality, what we lack in quantity! First up is this cute Silk Ribbon Design from Martha