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I have played with this collection of blocks for several years, and the block collection has grown to 200! They were inspired by the berries on stems hanging out of the side of the pot in the block shown below from the Electric Quilt Library. Another version is used in another block in the same library, Horn of Plenty, but that is the one which started this project!

I love both these designs, plus a few more I have been working on using my Fairy Dot block collection Can anybody out there understand why I find it very difficult to ...

For some today is a continuation of the Christmas celebrations, for us Christmas was as quiet and refined as my selection of designs for today.

Just five of us spent the day just sitting around a table chatting about absent family and friends, eating too much for lunch, sharing memories of each other and and those close to all of us or just some of us.

Then we shared too much food again!

I hope you enjoyed your Christmas, and wish you all a great new year leading up to another merry Christmas.

Old project file, with new colours for this year, and next to as there are another couple of new designs to share.

I like the second design … it looks a bit like Christmas morning with a few little ones around opening presents!

Nice tablecloth rather than a quilt, though a lot of space for the stains to show … a reminder that I must find our Christmas tablecloth with all the memories of Christmas past stained into the fabric!

This design looks like something small for the centre of a table, with a small tree in the centre, though that would hide the centre star.

I just counted the tree blocks in this design and there are three I haven’t made into small wall hangings (to hang on doors), but i have run out of doors to hang them on!

The second design could be a tablecloth, but they get stuff spilled on them the first time I put them on a table.

The last one would be a nice lap quilt, something which is rarely required around Christmas time here.

However, I have a lot of fun playing with the designs!

I have been hanging decorations from any assorted nailor hook around the house … including a few bells … so hanging some here feels appropriate.

Love both of these!