Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Advent Blog Hop Day 19

Greetings, blog-hoppers! It's time for Jo's annual Advent Blog Hop.

As is usual for this time of year, I'm focused on finishing some handcrafted gifts, so I haven't had as much time to stitch. I did finish a pillow, using Jedi Craft Girl's adaptable "I Love Cats" pattern:
My quilting is not great, probably because I didn't use a hoop (the small size of the project and the decision to use perle cotton size 5 tricked me into thinking it wouldn't be necessary).

I also made a couple of felt ornaments by Betz White. A Christmas pie (kind of liked what I baked for Thanksgiving!):

A festive llama, using DMC's new, sparkly Mouliné Étoile threads which I received as a birthday present:

I have done a bit of cross stitching, specifically StitchyFish Design's "Partridge in a Pear Tree" pattern from the 2018 Christmas Ornaments:
 It's working up quickly, and I hope to finish it after the 25th.

Jo asked us to pick a favorite holiday song, and hoo boy is that tough. So I'm picking three!

One of my favorite religious songs:


One of my favorite secular songs:


One of my favorite Puerto Rican songs:


I hope you all have a lovely, peaceful holiday!
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13 comments:

  1. ElfieDecember 19, 2018 at 6:30 AM

    Beautiful crafting, and great song choices. Merry Christmas!

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  2. Jo who can't think of a clever nicknameDecember 19, 2018 at 2:43 PM

    Thanks for taking part in the Advent Calendar Blog Hop this year. Love the Christmas Cat, the delicious pie and the lovely llama.
    How nice to have multi-lingual songs too - Latin, English, Irish and Puerto-Rican Spanish!

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  3. RJDecember 19, 2018 at 4:54 PM

    Oh I love everything you have made to celebrate Christmas. I hope you and your family have a very blessed and happy holiday. RJ@stitchingfriendsforever

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  4. FlashinScissorsDecember 19, 2018 at 6:13 PM

    Love, love, love The Christmas Cat! And the lovely llama!
    I enjoyed listening to your Christmas songs too, especially The Poges, I hadn’t seen this video before. The medieval babes was interesting too!
    Wishing you a Very Happy Christmas!
    Barbara x

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  5. Mary's ThreadDecember 20, 2018 at 4:06 AM

    What cute projects! I LOVE the Llama! That version of Gaudete is beautiful! Merry Christmas!

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  6. KatieDecember 20, 2018 at 10:17 AM

    Cute projects. The Llama is too adorable. Thanks for sharing the songs.

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  7. AriadneDecember 20, 2018 at 4:04 PM

    I make felt ornaments too. I loved the llama! Happy holidays. AriadnefromGreece!

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  8. rosey175December 21, 2018 at 8:41 PM

    The felt pie is cute and the llama is awesome!! I have seen that cat quilting square around the great Internet but I don't think I've seen the one with the ornament, how neat. Love the multi-language Christmas songs too!

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  9. MouseDecember 24, 2018 at 4:52 PM

    think I have seen your work on Sewing quarter ?? love Gaudete … used to sing this one many moons ago and the descent too …. hope you have a lovely Christmas and that the stash fairy is good to you :) love mouse xxxx

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  10. Beth in ILDecember 27, 2018 at 1:23 PM

    That llama is so cute! Love it!

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  11. beadgirlDecember 28, 2018 at 2:19 PM

    Thanks, everyone!

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  12. Astrids dragonDecember 29, 2018 at 6:29 PM

    Such a sweet quilted Christmas cat! I love your felted pie, now I'm hungry for it! Your llama is adorable, so very colourful.
    Thanks for sharing your songs!

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  13. Leonore WintererJanuary 9, 2019 at 6:29 AM

    I love your crafting, the llama is so cute! I also enjoyed the songs, although I'd never have guessed the Puerto Rican one was a Christmas song just by watching the video.

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