Little Christmas bits 2

I was pleased to finish my second Christmas item on time. However, it was dark when I did so I decided to wait until this morning to take the photo and do the post. I have chosen something smaller for today.
Tuesday's project was a pieced Santa face, also in my Pinterest Christmas ideas board. It is a free pattern with a cutting and sewing guide. The cutting guide required just enough brain power to make it interesting, with numbered fabric colours and cutting long strips in half. The sewing was easy except for the little hat triangles. It suggests finagling them but my points just weren't meant to match up.
I made him into a kitchen or table mat with retired bath towel on the back as all in one wadding and backing. The pattern says it is a 12" block but mine turned out 11" so I added some borders. I think he needed at least one border to make him look right. He would probably make a nice cushion cover too.

Here is the link to the Pieced Santa Face tutorial.

Here is mine. If you hover over the image you will see the pin button. Why not pin it for later.

Happy Quilting and Crafting,
Val

Little Christmas bits

I have been so stressed the last month trying to sort out the listing for selling the house and then deciding to buy a block of land that I have done nothing but a bit of knitting. I just haven't been able to concentrate. Today, being the 1st of December seemed like a good time to get my act together. I would love to make something Christmassy every day until Christmas day. At least it will keep my mind occupied and hopefully keep me more relaxed.
So what is first. I have so many wonderful inspirational things pinned on Pinterest so I just picked something easy to copy. A cute little Santa that I have made into a tree decoration. I downloaded the photo then traced it with my whiteboard app, printed it out, and traced the pieces onto freezer paper.

Here is the original pin


and here is my copy.

Happy Quilting and Crafting,
Val