This Christmas has been such a fun time with my family. Lots of family time and goings on at our home.
On the Wednesday before Christmas my oldest grand daughter came by and made decorated cookies with me. We have done this for several years now and it is so much fun. She is the decorating queen for sure, I could never manage these beauties.I am not the baker in my home. Husband makes these pizzelles, my only contribution is dipping them in chocolate and he sprinkles on the crushed candy cane chips.
Husband's pecan pie as well. Not only does he do the baking for them, but we have two pecan trees and he harvests and shells them for these beauties. They are the families favorite for not only Thanksgiving but Christmas as well.I am the clean up crew for all that kitchen baking, but then slithered off to my sewing room and to do some Christmas creation I'm much better at. All the blogs with so many wonderful Christmas ideas really got me hooked so I started this project last week, but quickly ran out of all three fabrics to create 4 of these blocks to make a wall hanging. So have turned it into a table topper and have it partially quilted. The leftovers came to a good substitute for another simple runner, and it is ready to quilt. They will be all ready to gift for next Christmas.DESIGN WALL MONDAY
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How fun! I love the tea pot cookie decorations!
ReplyDeleteThose cookies look beautiful - your granddaughter did a great job. And oh that pie! My husband's favorite and one of my faves too. How nice to have a pecan tree! What is the pattern for that pretty Christmas block? Your runner turned out very pretty. I am LOL at how you "slithered off" to play in your sewing room. :D
ReplyDeleteThose decorated cookies look so pretty. My Guy and Grad Girl handle most of our baking, they outdid themselves this holiday. I'm on KP duty too and very glad to do it. Sounds like you had a wonderful holiday and even managed to get some stitching time in.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure your granddaughter looks forward each year to baking with you for Christmas. I'm not usually much into baking but made 5 different kinds of cookies this year - partly because we've been snowed in so much of the past couple of weeks. My husband's only contribution is tasting them.
ReplyDeleteYou're most crafty, but I got stuck on all the yummy desserts. I helped myself.
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Yum! Those Christmas goodies look so wonderful. Love pecan pie. Can't imagine how good it tastes with freshly picked pecans from your own backyard! The Christmas projects you've begun are lovely. Those fabrics are so pretty! Can't wait to see the finishes. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
ReplyDeleteAll the cookies and desserts are what I miss most about the holidays now that I'm gluten free. Love the quilt.
ReplyDeleteHate it when I run out of fabric! Good save on your part though.
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ReplyDeleteThat pie looks delicious! As do the cookies! Love your Christmas creations in the sewing room.
ReplyDeleteHow fun that all the family works together to have a joyful Christmas celebration. All the baking looks delicious and right up my alley ... and straight to my hips! Ha! I love that Christmas block you're showing. Simple piecing to make a complicated-looking beautiful block. Happy 2023!
ReplyDeleteHi Donnalee, what I great runner. It's always difficult to know how much holiday fabric to buy when you don't know what you're making. The runners both turned out well! Thanks for linking up to Free Motion Mavericks. Happy New Year!
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