Advent Calendar - Day 24

This is the last day of my Advent Calendar this year. I hope you have enjoyed all the freebie charts I've found for you. Now all is left to do is to tell you that this year Santa is not coming. That is because he gave his job to "Santa Bunny"! :) Click the picture to go to Coats and Clark website to download the chart.

Merry Christmas!
Love,

Advent Calendar - Day 23

We're so close now! This Christmas tree "Sapin d'Elisa" is so simple and so beautiful. It's from Chez Elisa blog. Click the picture to go to the blog and download the chart. I hope you like it. :)
Today we will go and eat Christmas food with my husband's grandparents. We usually go on Christmas Eve but this year on Christmas Eve we are on our way to a cottage early in the morning so we don't have time tomorrow. The cottage has an outdoor hot tub so I guess I will soak myself well during the Christmas. :D

Christmas Ornaments

These two Christmas ornaments have hopefully reached their destination by now. I stitched them from the Aurelle's chart that I showed you on the Day 3 of my Advent Calendar. I used Floba fabric and stitched two over two. Threads for the green one are Sample Thread's colour Pine and DMC's gold, for the red DMC's 304 and gold. I finished them to pillow shaped ornaments and sewed some ribbon around them. I luckily had two pieces of Christmas themed fabrics on right colours that I used for finishing. Click the picture to see the ornaments better. I hope the recipients like these. :)

Advent Calendar - Day 22

To celebrate the snow that we got yesterday... and the fact that we will have more today and tomorrow also since the snowing will continue, I love it! Really white Christmas... oh yes, back to the business. Because we have snow I'd like to show you this lovely winter chart called "Sampler Winter" from Hobbies' House blog.See also Simone's beautiful red version of this here.

Advent Calendar - Day 21

Red for Christmas on this 21st day of the Advent Calendar. "Santas & Stars" tablerunner and placemats set will look really pretty on Christmas table.

Today I will pre-make carrot and rutabaga caseroles for Christmas and put them in the freezer. On Christmas Day we will cook them and have nice dinner with my husband, my sister and her boyfriend, my brother and his fiancée, my mom and her gentleman friend and my dad with his fiancée. We will also have ham, salads, potatoes, cold smoked salmon, creamy roe jelly and other delicious foods. I can't wait. :)

Advent Calendar - Day 20

Christmas is really close and there's only a few days left on my Advent Calendar. Today there are six freebies, "Bags of Fun!" from Classic Stitches. They are cute little charts. Maybe there's still time to stitch one of these. Or they will be perfect for next year's Christmas cards and gift bags.

Advent Calendar - Day 19

It's a bit crooked but the stitching is straight. All done by me. :) Funny how these new ways of finishing turn out, not what we expect but still we like them... Someone will receive this soon but nobody knows who... My little Christmas secret. :)
Day number 19 and a chart I hope most of you like, "Quaker Holly" by The Workbasket. There are many more quaker style charts on the same site, just click the pic.

Advent Calendar - Day 18

When the temperature goes way below zero you need something to keep you warm. So lets stitch some hats, scarfs and mittens! :) "Couleurs d'Hiver" chart is from Au Chat Qui Dort and the colours are fabulous. They fit for the Christmas too.