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 I DID NOT GET MUCH ACCOMPLISHED TODAY.  KINDA LIKE ONE STEP FORWARD AND TWO STEPS BACK  SORT OF DAY.   I MADE A COUPLE OF SANTA  PAPER PIECED ORNAMENTS.  WHEN I WENT TO IRON THEM AND SPRAYED THEM WITH BEST PRESS ,GUESS WHAT HAPPENED? THE RED FABRIC RAN!  SO NOW WILL WAIT UNTIL I HAVE ALL OF THEM DONE AND WASH THEM WITH A COLOR CATCHER ,  OH WELL. FINISHED QUILTING AND BINDING  THE TWO TABLE TOPPERS FROM LAST POST. PUT A RIBBON ON MY WREATH AND FREEHAND QUILTED HOLLY AND BERRIES AROUND IT .  I DON'T DO MUCH FREEHAND  QUILTING , I USUALLY STICK TO THE DITCH OR 1/4 " AWAY.  JUST WANTED TO TRY SOMETHING EXTRA. DID A LITTLE BIG STITCH QUILTING IN CENTER AND ALSO SOME STITCH IN THE DITCH QUILTING.  THEN BOUND IT. STILL HAVE NOT GOT CHRISTMAS TREE OR DECORATIONS OUT.  MIGHT TRY THAT TOMORROW.  WENT TO MY CIVIL WAR GROUP MEETING TODAY.  IT WAS THE LAST ONE.  THE STORE WHERE I PARTICIPATE AT IS N...

CANDLE MATS AND TABLE TOPPERS ARE ON MY TO DO LIST FOR CHRISTMAS. THIS IS A TWISTER PATTERN I FOUND ONLINE ON ONE OF MY QUILT CLUBS.  IT CAN BE DONE WITH ANY SIZE TWISTER RULER.( REGULAR RULER- 5" SQUARE;  MY MINI RULER -3 1/2" SQUARES)  .  HERE IS A COPY OF THE DIAGRAM FOR PLACEMENT OF THE GREENS FOR THE WREATH.  THIS IS BEFORE YOU CUT YOUR SQUARES   WITH YOUR RULER. THEY ALSO GAVE A DIAGRAM OF A CHRISTMAS TREE DO WITH THE TWISTER RULER. I HAVE NOT TRIED THAT ONE YET. WITH THIS ONE I DECIDED THE MIDDLE NEEDED SOME WOOL APPLIQUE. DOWN LOADED THE BLOCK FROM BARBARA BRACKMAN WILL TRY TO DO THAT TOMORROW.  THERE IS SO MUCH INFORMATION OUT THERE JUST FINDING THE TIME SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST.  I HOPE YOU ALL ARE BEING SAFE THIS SEASON AND THRIFTY!  MARTHA