Over Christmas

Well, we got through those few days with minimal interruption of our daily routine.  I think I have said before, my household doesn't do alot for Christmas and we do not do ANY gift giving, except to a very few friends.  I am way over the idea of the obligation of exchanging gifts at Christmas.  Don't get me wrong -- I love to give gifts!  I just really dislike giving them because there is an obligation to do so.  I give gifts when the mood strikes me.  Anyday, anytime.

So instead of the hustle and bustle and the rush to get presents I spent time doing a bit of cleaning in the corners of my house -- you know a house always needs that, even if we try not to notice those corners!  Mostly tho, I did some sewing and testing out some ideas for products to put into my etsy store.

I made a cozy for my french press coffee carafe quite a few months back and then just realized that they go together fairly quickly and that these carafe's are generally about the same size.

The possibilities of variations is limitless.  I decided to use a tab with a button hole and large button as both a easy to put on and take off of the carafe element and as a decorative element.

So I am working on making a few of these in a variety of colours and using both a whole cloth fabric and co ordinated pieced fabrics.  They will be listed in the Etsy Shop in the new year. 

And then, because I can't just sit and watch TV, I found this little cap online at

http://crochet-mania.blogspot.com/2011/12/crochet-cap-with-bear-ears-small-infant.html

and set to making one -- it worked up so quickly, that I made a second -- the blue one, but I did not have enough yarn to add the same colour bear ears, so I am at a dilemna.  Do I leave off the ears? Or maybe do the ears in a completely different colour?  I have a really bright yellow that might be just the thing to contrast with that blue.   Then.  Perhaps I will also list these caps in the Etsy shop

as I have no young ones to give these too...

I definately recommend this free pattern tho if you you have a small child to gift it to.  Use a soft chunky or worsted yarn for the little ones and keep their little noggins warm on these cooler winter days.

Well, now back to the work room for a few hours and for the next few days -- it is still the Holiday Season and there are alot of people out in the shops still looking for those Boxing Day and Boxing Week sales -- as for me, I still don't need to be out there, so I will work on piecing some bits of fabric into quilt block that I will then put together to make a quilt.  Maybe I will keep it for my own, for a change.

Will show you some peeks of it in the next day or two!

Enjoy these last few days of 2011 and I hope the Christmas Wishes you wished for came true!