12 Days of Christmas Update

Well, those warm 50-degree days the weather forecasters promised us for last week never materialized. Instead, we got a temperature inversion that socked the valley in fog with temps staying in the 20's and 30's. I spent most of my week sitting by my parents' woodstove crocheting. However, I did get one more block up for you:

5 Gold Rings - http://www.sundropdesigns.com/critcorner.html

Tooday, the sun came out and it did warm up to the mid-40's. Some of the forecasters are predicting highs in the 50's for the coming week; some are predicting 30's and 40's. I'm rooting for the optomistic forecasters!

12 Days of Christmas

I'm doing a freebie on the 12 Days of Christmas on my web site, in both applique and redwork. My original intent was to post a new block each day during the 12 days of Christmas, Dec. 25 through January 5. But it's winter and I'm learning that I shouldn't make schedules, or rather I shouldn't expect to stay on any schedule, during the winter. It's now Jan. 10 and only 4 days have been posted. So I'll be posting weekly updates here with links to the blocks so that I don't make people crazy hunting all over my web site trying to find them.

So, here's update #1:
Partidge in a pear tree - http://www.sundropdesigns.com/patterns/applique3.html
2 turtle doves - http://www.sundropdesigns.com/patterns/applique4.html
3 French hens - http://www.sundropdesigns.com/patterns/applique5.html
4 calling birds (or colly birds) - http://www.sundropdesigns.com/patterns/applique.html

I'm planning to post update #2 next weekend, but as you read in the first paragraph, it's winter and schedules are unreliable during the winter.