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This month I had quite a few projects going. My favorite one was probably this Advent calendar.  The first time I heard of an Advent Calendar was back when I was in high school. I’ve read about the German tradition and thought it was a wonderful custom. Fast forward to today and almost every grocery store has some form of an Advent Calendar. It is a great way of helping little ones (and big ones, too) count down the days to Christmas. My Advent Calendar consists of 25 little houses. Each house has a pocket for a small gift, a treat, a Bible verse or portion of the Nativity story. For the top of the calendar I used Robert Kaufman’s Kona cotton in White, Dill, Eucalyptus, Pimento, Spa Blue and Iron for the houses.  For the roofs of each house I made Flying Geese blocks, using the white and gray fabric.    I alternated Flying Geese blocks and square blocks to form rows of houses.   Once I had all the rows in place I quilted the roofs with a simple triangle design and stitched the blocks in place to form pockets. The backing is Robert Kaufman’s Kona Iron.   I had trouble finding fabric for the binding. You get so many different shades of white and gray, that it was hard finding a match. My mind was kind of set on a white and gray binding and finally found a white fabric with gray/silver dots at my local fabric store. I made numbered tags from white cardstock and added number stickers. Wooden clothespins and red and green baker’s twine completed the tags and added charm to the calendar.      Dimensions: 31 x 20 inches (79 x 51cm) Another project was these festive looking coasters.  I had this Christmas fabric left from a few years ago. Unfortunately I didn’t have the name of the fabric line or designer anymore.  I strip-pieced the fabric, cut out circles of about 4¾ inches in diameter and layered the coasters. I used a gray fabric from my stash for the backing.   I quilted straight lines diagonally across forming eight “pie wedges”.  For the binding I chose a pretty red fabric with white dots, also from my stash.  I made six of these coasters, just in time for a special holiday drink!  The last project for this month isn’t a quilting project, but a simple and easy way on how to embellish tea/kitchen towels. I got these flour sack tea towels off Amazon and decided to add some pretty detail to take them from boring to beautiful. I used strips of fabric and embellished it with pom-pom trim and ribbon. Once I got going I couldn’t stop myself! For a tutorial on how to embellish your own tea towel, take a look here.   Also, I wanted to introduce my talented sister, Fransa from Colourcode Designs. She’s the designer behind this website and the one that makes everything look pretty every month. She recently opened her own shop on etsy.com! Take a look at her beautiful designs here or here. Finally, 
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