Truly, this is the most wonderful time of the year.\u00c2\u00a0 And it’s just around the corner.<\/p>\n
“<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the black velveteen for Vivian Rose’s Christmas dress (because black is this child’s best hope for an all-day appearance of cleanliness) is still in the package from <a href=\"http:\/\/www,farmhousefabrics.com\">Farmhouse Fabrics. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/a> I’m still returning china, laundering and pressing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/07\/vintage-wedding-napkins\/\">140 dinner napkins<\/a> while recovering from Thanksgiving.\u00c2\u00a0 We were deeply involved in a fabulous <em>almost<\/em> family wedding Thanksgiving weekend.\u00c2\u00a0 FYI, the groom is almost family–there was nothing” almost” about the wedding!\u00c2\u00a0 That’s what the 140 dinner napkins were all about.<\/p>\n<p>For 5 days of Thanksgiving and 5 days with so much for which to be thankful,\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 our house was filled with the families of both of our children, including all 4 of our precious grands.\u00c2\u00a0 It was a glorious time, but exhausting with the wedding thrown in there.<\/p>\n<p>But back to Christmas……<\/p>\n<p>Tidbit #1:\u00c2\u00a0 Do you all know about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacquielawson.com\">Jacquie Lawson<\/a>‘s electronic greeting cards?\u00c2\u00a0 They are just spectacular.\u00c2\u00a0 For a small fee you have unlimited access to cards all year long. I share this with you now because of the advent calendar she offers each year.\u00c2\u00a0 Members, for a very small fee (as little as $2 each for 10 or more) can give a daily magical electronic Christmas experience to children or anyone.<\/p>\n<p>This year there are two versions, a Victorian Christmas<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36512\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36512\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36512\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/367114.png.jpg\" alt=\"This year's Jacquie Lawson electronic Victorian Advent Calendar\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-36512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This year’s Jacquie Lawson electronic Victorian Advent Calendar<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>and a Seaside Advent calendar.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36516\" style=\"width: 305px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36516\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-36516\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/xpromo_large.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.F9ElA4hvV4.jpg\" alt=\"Seaside Advent caledar\" width=\"295\" height=\"206\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-36516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seaside Advent calendar<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>I ordered one each for myself and one each for my husband, in addition to the grands and other children we love.\u00c2\u00a0 Please at least look at the preview of these delights.<\/p>\n<p>My two older grandchildren, 11 and 12 years old, asked me at Thanksgiving if they would be getting calendars this year.\u00c2\u00a0 Of course, they have received theirs and when 11 yo Robert called me last night, we decorated a tree and made a wreath “together”\u00c2\u00a0 as we chatted and discussed our choices and creations.<\/p>\n<p>I have no affiliation with Jacquie Lawson whatsoever, but I want to share this unique Christmas experience with you.<\/p>\n<p>Tidbit 2:\u00c2\u00a0 Another of my project tutorials has been posted at Brother’s Stitching Sewcial blog.\u00c2\u00a0 This is a quick gift idea, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brothersews.com\/embroidery\/winter-wonderland-coasters\/\">embroidered linen coasters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36513\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/coaster-crystal2xxF.jpg\" alt=\"coaster-crystal2xxf\" width=\"439\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/coaster-crystal2xxF.jpg 439w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/coaster-crystal2xxF-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>As a bonus, the Winter Wonderland embroidery design is being offered for<em><strong> free<\/strong><\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 Please check it out and leave a comment if you like it.\u00c2\u00a0 If you don’t……..well, never mind.<\/p>\n<p>Tidbit #3:\u00c2\u00a0 Did you look closely at the banner above at Janice Ferguson Sews?\u00c2\u00a0 It’s from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stetsonmansion.com\/\">Stetson Mansion’<\/a>s web site. I was tickled pink to see the<em> Early American Sewing\u00c2\u00a0 Machines<\/em> book in this Christmas collage.\u00c2\u00a0 I’d love to peruse that volume.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/04\/stetson-mansion-christmas-tour\/\">Christmas tour of the Mansion<\/a> is a highlight of the season for us.\u00c2\u00a0 When the older grandchildren are here for the holidays, we will take that tour.<\/p>\n<p>Well, that’s all the tidbits for now.\u00c2\u00a0 Right now, I’m busy finishing up a cute Disney Christmas quilt then I’ll move on to Vivi’s dress, decorating the tree and Christmas cards.\u00c2\u00a0 Can you tell I’m waaaaay behind schedule?<\/p>\n<p>This weekend I’ll be at Rebecca’s gingerbread house decorating party and then\u00c2\u00a0 Vivian’s preschool Christmas program.\u00c2\u00a0 More Christmas delights to come!<\/p>\n<p>I hope you all are not behind schedule with your Christmas preparations as am I.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Happy Christmas stitching to you all!<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Truly, this is the most wonderful time of the year.\u00c2\u00a0 And it’s just around the corner. ” Meanwhile, the black velveteen for Vivian Rose’s Christmas dress (because black is this child’s best hope for an all-day appearance of cleanliness) is … <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/02\/christmas-tidbits\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39,63,76,43,19,18,73],"tags":[1155,1145,1102],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36510"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36510"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36970,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36510\/revisions\/36970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}