Day 10 of 12 Days of Christmas

I just finished uploading Day 10 of the 12 Days of Christmas patterns! This one had me stumped for the longest time as to what the lord might be leaping over. After weeks of deliberation, I'd decided on frogs (as in leap frog) over candlesticks (as in Jack Be Nimble). But then on Friday, I heard some senator say that he thought no one (as in no senator nor representative) had actually read the economic stimulus proposal before voting yes or no on it. That got me to thinking about the behaviors of politicians in general. As a result, yesterday I changed the ten frogs to a stack of ten books. My only political comment here is that I suspect a lot of politicians simply leap over things they're supposed to dig into. But since some say this verse symbolizes the Ten Commandments, the books are appropo for that, too.

Have fun with the pattern!
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12 Days of Christmas - Day 9

Life seems to be returning to normal around here. I just uploaded Day 9 for the 12 Days of Christmas on the Projects page of my web site:

http://www.sundropdesigns.com/projects.html

From here to the the twelfth day, some of the pieces begin to get really tiny. For those of you who don't like working with such tiny pieces, embroidery or fabric paints or pens are a good alternative. Another option is to omit some of the tiny pieces. For example, if you omit the ribbon with the 9 dance shoes, the dancing lady will still look like a dancing lady to represent day 9.

Or, you can do the redwork option and not have to deal with any tiny pieces!