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Monday, November 29, 2010

5 Days of Christmas

This week is all about getting ready for Christmas. There is decorating and baking to be done. I'm hoping to sneak in a little Christmas each day. My plan is to post every day this week with a simple handmade gift idea. I'm hoping to motivate myself to get some gifts checked off my list. Today, it's all about pillows.

I love giving holiday pillows as gifts because you don't need to match someone's decor. A touch of red will brighten anyone's holiday! These pillows were made with machine embroidered panels from Michele. Any quilt block can become a pillow and pillows are simple to make.
This one takes a bit longer, but the personal touch is worth a little extra time. There's a tutorial here to make this pillow, more pillow tuts in my sidebar or use one of your own and you'll have a fab gift in no time at all.
Happy Monday, everyone!

P.S. Modern Relief ends soon...have you checked it out and given? It's a good thing.

8 comments:

  1. Pillows are a sweet gift idea! Looking forward to see what else you post this week too...

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  2. Your pillows are cheerful! Looking forward to what the rest of the week has to bring.

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  3. love that Santa!
    looking forward to the week ahead. I, too, have a lot of sewing and knitting to do. hoping not to overwhelm myself and enjoy the process.

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  4. ...wish I was on your gift list...nice.

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  5. I feel the creative buzz in the air. I hope to glom onto yours and get busy.

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  6. Cute! And very inspirational. I really should get going on a couple of Christmas projects.

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  7. Love those dotty pillows! the santa is just too cute. Great gift ideas.

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  8. I love the dotty pillows. Mind telling me what fabric you used? I need to make some pillows to make my new apartment a happy place. Red always works.

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