Christmas Decorating and Quilts

Be prepared, this is a long post!  I took a bunch of photos of some of the Christmas things I have on display currently.  There are a lot of things on walls and on shelves that I didn't photograph, like my collection of Christmas mugs and salt and pepper shakers!

Here is my tree.  Very traditional, lots of memento ornaments.  I made the tree skirt in 2006.

Old fashioned phone that actually worked until recently between my in-laws house, our shop and our house.

 Santa made by a friend.

 Tablerunner that I hung on the wall!

 My pewter tree with mini ornaments from my mom and other relatives and friends.

 An old nativity set that I love.

Stockings, even though we aren't having anyone here this year.  One of these days we are going to replace the 20 year old fireplace doors with something prettier.

Christmas village on top of my grandmother's Howard piano, circa 1895.  She was born in 1899 and the story is that she traded a cow for this piano in 1910.  It's been in various places since and needs refinishing but the piano tuner said it's in good shape considering all it's been through!

 Small Christmas village, mostly pieces my mother in law gave me as gifts.  Part 1.

 Part 2.  I have a harder time hiding cords on this one.  It's on my built in china hutch.

 Dining room light.  I LOVE purple.  This year I decided I was going to do some purple!  I swirled craft paint in glass bulbs to make the ornaments and found the others on clearance last year.

 A mini white tree with purple ornaments on my dining table under the light, with purple lights in the window.  I found this all on clearance last year too!

 Another wall in the dining room.  It doesn't coordinate with the purple but I love my toile quilt and snowmen collection.

 Stairwell with a nativity quilt and my lame' fabric angel wallhanging.

 Family room wall.  A friend gave me the shelf hangers.  Santas are on this one with my one block wonder quilt.

 My Jim Shore mini nativity.  I LOVE the quilt designs painted on the figures and I have some of his ornaments.

 A scrappy shoo fly quilt from many years ago along with a wall-hanging made by a friend.  This one I put on my daughter Lisa's bed.

Sorry about the light streak on it, the sun was shining through the closed blinds!  This is a sampler I made in 1995.  My guild members made blocks and I came up with this setting and made a swag border and it is hand quilted!  This is in my daughter Amy's room.

 Snowman collector quilt.  I made this quite a few years ago.  It's on the bed in my son's old room, which my grandkids have taken over.

 My Snippets quilt I finished earlier this year!  I love these bright cheery fabrics from Bonnie and Camille.  This was in my daughter Amy's room, even though it's the bed quilt in my room for the season.  I just didn't want to clean off my nightstand!

A wallhanging made by a friend many years ago.  I made her one as well.  We sent each other fabrics and the center was a pine tree, then we got to do what we wanted.

 Snowman wallhanging at the top of my stairs.  The blocks were from a swap.

 This is in my guest room.  Years ago my mother in law saw this quilt in a Fons and Porter magazine.  She really liked it and I got the magazine and made it for her.  She displayed it once or twice, but Alzheimers set in.  After she passed away I got the quilt back.

A little stocking wallhanging.  The beading detail is not showing the pictures, but there is a LOT of beading on it!

 Wallhanging from a block of the month several years ago.  I love it.  I had to stand in my laundry room to take the pic and the washer wouldn't move out of the way to get a straight photo!

I have several more Christmas quilts, I will have to work on another post!