Christmas Magic in the Making.

 Inspired by a scrappy Christmas quilt I glimpsed somewhere on Facebook, I set to this morning and stitched up a handful of my own scrappy style festive blocks. 

I shuffled them around on the floor, playing with layouts and possibilities. The plan was simple: a quick table runner or topper for a Secret Santa gift.

But while hunting for a suitable offcut of batting, I stumbled across a piece of Insul-Bright—and just like that, a new idea was born. I quickly unpicked the seams holding my blocks together, added some very basic quilting, stitched them back to back and—poof!—I had a pair of pot holders.

I'm very happy with the finished result. They will be gifted on Saturday.

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After writing yesterday’s post, I got busy. A few chores, then I settled into my chair with needle in hand and worked on the cat cross stitch. I’m happy with the progress—though I’ll feel like I’m being watched as I stitch now! 

I must’ve had an intuitive moment, because I packed it away just minutes before Tony arrived home much earlier than usual. Phew. Secret still safe.

Hopefully I’ll get a little more done today.

After dinner, I made a bit of progress on my knitted washcloth. Flower number two is about one-third done, and I’ll keep going this evening. Some of you have asked about the yarn I’m using—it’s something I’ve had in my stash for a while. 

I’m not sure where I bought it, but I do love it. It’s a very soft cotton, and the colours are so pretty.

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It’s been a good little stretch of making—scrappy blocks, secret stitches, and soft cotton flowers. I really enjoyed myself this morning; those foundation blocks were such fun to play with. The kitty cat cross stitch is nearly done, the washcloths are coming along, and now it’s time to tuck things away before I head back to work tomorrow. I'm feeling pretty chuffed with my progress and better than I have for quite a few weeks. 

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Tell me what your needles are doing.