Remember how I said I just can’t get enough red & green, and Christmas too? Along with the Christmas countdown, Santa’s Pockets, that I showed you last week, I’ve also been wanting to make another type of countdown. Since my kids were little we’ve had a little Christmas chalkboard that you change the days with by drawing them in chalk each day. I know there used to be a fabric that you could write on like a chalkboard and maybe it’s still available, but I wasn’t interested in that. I finally thought about buttoning numbers to a small countdown that you could change every day until Christmas comes.
Meet “Counting the days with Santa”:
I know, redundant!
Get over Christmas already!
No more of Sweetwater’s Countdown to Christmas, girl!
But isn’t it adorable??? Another one of my favorites!
I again used my new technique with the numbers using Sulky’s 12 wt. thread that I discussed here last week with “Santa’s Pockets”. The little green “cards” for a lack of better term button off & on to change the number of days ’til Christmas for years to come.
The “Days ’til Christmas” is hand stitched with perle cotton thread. Everything else is fusible web applique. Ahhhhh, I’m in heaven!
The cute little hanger that I used (perfect, huh?) is by Ackfeld Manufacturing. No affiliation, just a happy customer!
Just one more Christmas design to go.
Until next time,
Susan
Quilting my way through life! 