Christmas Memories…

  The tree is up…the living room and dining room are decorated…butter tarts and shortbread are in the freezer AND the Grinch has magically disappeared!!  Funny how that works…

I even had time to play yesterday!  I finally got the truck and tree cut out and fused down. I don’t know when I will stitch it…

but I do know that if I didn’t cut it out NOW it would never get done…you know - out of sight, out of mind!

This was the pattern that was designed by Granola Girl’s Debbie Field..

I’m not sure where she is going with this series but I love these two little blocks…The truck REALLY reminds me of when I was young, how my brother and I use to go out into the woods and bring home a tree for our family and two of our neighbours.  We would drive the truck down an old logging road and then trek out into the bush until we found the PERFECT trees!  One year we actually got lost and went in circles for a long time before stumbling back onto the road!  We of course NEVER mentioned any of this to our mom!! Or the fact that we saw cougar droppings…or at least that’s what my brother called them!! Now that I think about it…how would he know what ‘they’ looked like?…I mean really..cougars could dig holes and bury it like normal cats do…I’m going to have to ask him about THAT one…I know, a little late…but what’s 40 years give or take..haha

Isn’t it funny what evokes these old Christmas memories..a single quilt block of a truck and a tree…and who knew at the time, that this would be a fond memory…trudging through the wet, damp forest in search of the perfect tree!!

The third block in this series has a turkey on it…which I decided not to use…I feel bad enough about eating turkey without putting a face on it!! 

The fourth block is being released towards the end of December..can’t wait to see what it is!  Debbie isn’t feeling well so it may be later.  All of these blocks are FREE…part of her Home for the Holiday give away!  VERY generous of Debbie!

So stop by Debbie’s Blog- The Granola Girl Designs and wish her a speedy recovery and have a look at the blocks that she has made up-  one set is made out of cottons and one in wools…both are gorgeous…and did I mention FREE!

So hope you are feeling better Debbie…and soon!!

Have a super Sunday and Happy Quilting!~P