Years ago, I re-created my mother’s Advent calendar and interpreted it as a quilt-as-you-go project, complete with template. The year I finally buckled down to make this for our family, I worked on one house a day each day in December, and had a completed calendar by Christmas Eve! Every year since, I have taken […]
Last year, I did an Advent calendar based on the one my mother hung up each December when I was little. Some of the little houses that line the street up the center of the village were more successful than others, but on the whole, I am pleased with how it turned out. This year, […]
Growing up, my mom had this wonderful Advent calendar that came out every year right after Thanksgiving. It was entirely made of felt, and she’d put it together when I was tiny and we were living in Germany, so it had a delightfully subtle European influence. Deep blue background, with a jute braid winding up […]