As a reminder this is our first WEEKLY RECAP summary. Please feel free to look back on any of the posts for more detail if you missed them the first time around.
In case this is your first time hearing about our month long CHRISTMAS IN JULY festivities, you can visit THIS BLOG POST for a great overview of what’s in store this month.
Again, we will be breaking down all of our goodies into these three categories each week… SEWING, STITCHING and CRAFTING so that everyone can figure out what exactly it is they would like to do.
And with that…please enjoy our WEEK 1 RECAP!
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TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS BLOCK-OF-THE-MONTH SAMPLER
Quilt pattern available via PAPER.
This is definitely a long term project that some of you are working on at your own pace or at your local quilt shop. We want to cheer you on all year long on this one so keep sharing in the group so we can see your progress!


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VILLAGE BORDER PRINT ADVENT CALENDAR
Check out the following blog post for a FREE tutorial:
We also just added some 1 yd. increments of the WHITE Buon Natale Village Print if you are still looking! You can grab that here:



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HOLLY TREE SKIRT
Tree skirt pattern available via PAPER or PDF.
We have started our work on this one with the holly blocks and will continue to share more steps with you as the weeks continue.



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APRON & RUFFLE TEA TOWEL
Check out the following blog post for the FREE printable pattern sheet:


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TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS CROSS STITCH SAMPLER
Check out the following blog posts for more info:
Cross stitch pattern available via PAPER and PDF.


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SO MANY of you are stitching along in the group and it so fabulous to see!! Here’s a few…




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A few of the goodies above definitely stray into crafting territory… the cute tags and baggies in Lacey’s ADVENT CALENDAR or the Tea Towel… so feel free to categorize them how you like! I know some of you have mentioned that you want to do A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING so count your categories how you like and enjoy the process!
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Happy Sewing!
-Joanna
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