I finished my tree skirt and love it! The panel is Christmas Splendor by Color Principle for Henry Glass.
I love the colors and the pattern so much on this. I knew I wanted to find a matching table runner. And I did.
And I was able to fit it into my sewing schedule and get it finished quickly too.
I didn’t have enough of the black fabric to back the table runner like on the skirt below.
So for the table runner, I chose a fun bright green snowflake print.
Here it is all set up on my dinning room table.
And one last photo. 
Happy Creating!
It was an easy project. Just cut out the panel, cut out a backing, and cut out the layer of batting.
We don’t have our tree set up yet, but I did have this little tree so I could take a quick photo and show all of you just how pretty this panel is when sewn up.
I love all these motifs. It’s called Christmas Spendor by Color Principle for Henry Glass.
I’ve found a matching table runner from the same collection. That will be my next Christmas project.
I think this will be perfect.
These were the first two I made. Then I went on to make a whole bunch more. 15 more to be exact.
Next I have fun with my Hot Fix tool and add crystals.
And you can tell, I like my crystals. They fun, they add pop, and when the light hits them they’re even more fun.
Then I hand-sew the backs onto each brooch.
I think these will make lovely little Christmas gifts for family and friends. I know I’m keeping a couple of them for me too.
Then it was time to cook.
It looked even better when it came out of the oven. Except that little pale spot? The duck skin I’d put on top stuck to the lid!
And here’s the Turducken when it came out of the oven.
The Duck meat created so much juice. I poured it off into a jar and almost half of it was fat! I put that in the fridge for the fat to harden up and I’ll throw the fat away. My hubby will get some nice soup with the broth that’s left over.
And my Turducken roll browned up, and carved.
I wasn’t the only one to brought an out of the world dish to our dinner.
These looked amazing. Unfortunately, I couldn’t have any, but enjoyed watching Jan’s joy as everyone else dove into them.
To round out our dinner, our shepherdess friend brought Shepherd’s pie, with meat from her own flock.
It was a great dinner, and there are lots of Turducken leftovers.
The little O Sew Easy scarf was the perfect accessory to my dress. Just enough to keep my arms and shoulders warm, but not too much. I also didn’t have to worry about it falling off. It can’t fall off.
It was beautiful and very welcoming.
It was really amazing!
Our first course was a Peartini to remind of us the partridge in a Pear tree.
Our third course was Coq au vin served in a tartlet. This is a more obvious connection to the French Hens in the song.
Our fourth course came with a history lesson. What we commonly call Calling Birds are also called Collie Birds. Collie birds are a black bird. In order to represent these birds, our host used squid ink in a potato cake.
The five golden rings were represented by a golden ring of polenta, with chorizo sausage and shrimp.
The six geese a laying was represented by a quenelle (an egg-shaped) sorbet.
Our seventh course wasn’t swan. It was duck. Oven-roasted duck, with duck-fat potatoes on a bed of sautéed kale, drizzled with star-anise blueberry sauce.
The eight maids a milking were represented by a cheese board. Everyone made up their own smaller cheese boards. There was even a cave-aged Gruyere there.
The nine ladies dancing were represented in lady finger biscuits. This beautiful dessert was strawberry Charlotte Russe.
Courses 10, 11 and 12, were all represented here. Lords would commonly retire after dinner with a brandy or scotch. The pipers were chocolate covered marzipan sticks. Lastly, the Drummers were represented in assorted Keurig coffee pods.
That’s the same skirt, same tie, same pockets, same zip in the back. The top is a little different, but that’s it. What a wonderful pattern!
I bought a lovely stretch velour for the top, which is closer to the original dress’ design which is a knit top. I also bought a gorgeous rich black and red brocade for the skirt.
Personally, on behalf of the bloggers, here’s a shout out to 
Yup. It’s gorgeous, and we both loved it. We both almost made the same bralette out of the same material.
Yes, that’s a hole in the middle of the cup, probably right about where the apex sits in the cup. There were jokes about leaking cups!
Do you think we could get that out of our heads once it got in? Hmm, I wonder if those are soft-cupped bras they’re wearing?
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I love this. This was created to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday this year – there’s one for each province. I found mine at a local quilting store. I thought it would be perfect for my Canada 150 – In the Bag bag.
Overall, I’m really happy with my second bag. I still haven’t thrown out my first one though. I’m hoping I’ll be able to salvage some of that material… Not quite sure how yet.
Being a transplanted Westerner, I’m covering the Western Canadian sponsors for our tour.
Stay Home Fabrics is located solely online with 99% of their customer base being Canadians. They also have quite a few customers who make handbags. They offer a large variety of fabrics: fleece, minky, linen, cotton, flannel, knit, and interfacing.
This zipper pocket is the perfect size.
Over the top love!
