34 days until Christmas. Just thought you'd like to know too! I wasn't so happy with that info because I really dislike Christmas. With my current health issues, I'm not going to be doing a whole lot of anything for Christmas this year, though I did promise my son that we WILL put up the tree this year.

I'm only thinking about Christmas at all today because for the upcoming meeting of the fibre arts group I belong to we are asked to bring in a Christmas themed art piece that we've done. Simply, I've never done one (though I've considered making a beautiful Christmas tree and then cutting it up and piecing it randomly back together...).

I'm not a total scrooge though. There are things I like about Christmas like...ummmm...cute fuzzy animals covered in snow-you know, like bunnies and polar bears. I like the patterns that ice makes in a frozen river, spiced rum and fireplaces, snow covered pine trees....

Except none of those are specifically "Christmas" I'm being told. Those are Winter themed! Okay, fine-I'm challenging myself to find something to make that's Christmas themed and get it done by Christmas (or maybe even by that Innovative Threads meeting!)

I haven't made any new art lately, none since Candy and the necklace for the fabric challenge, but my hands and sewing machine haven't been idle. I made my nephew's hats for a parade. The theme was Where The Wild Things Are.

I also had to attend a friends wedding and decided to make my dress. I learned I don't really enjoy making clothing, but I think I would like to make another of these, with the skirt being made from pieced scraps of hand painted and dyed fabrics.