![]() ![]() It's a timeless pattern, and the possibilities for size, shape, and decoration are endless. On and off through the years, I've gone back to making these vintage ornaments, some plain, others very decorated. And I did! We had a tree full of stuffed ornaments that year. ![]() Two pieces of fabric, sewn together, and stuffed with “stuffing.” I knew immediately that I wanted to make one or 100 of them, in a bunch of shapes and sizes. And then one day, I saw a stuffed ornament. I made beaded garlands, beaded snowflakes, beaded “birdcage” ornaments, beaded stars for the windows … just about anything you could think of to make with beads, I probably made it.Īs my sewing skills began to improve I began to make a few more complicated items … a tree skirt, a plain runner for the top of the piano, cloth napkins, etc. Presents were tucked carefully in the back and on the sides.Īs I got older and started learning to make crafts, Christmas decorating brought on a whole new meaning. There was a star at the top of the tree and a manger underneath. There was a big beautiful tree, all lit up and decorated with vintage ornaments and bubble lights, and larger colored light strands. Christmas Eve perfection! I'd eventually get very drowsy and head off to bed.Ĭhristmas morning came, and lo and behold, the magic of Christmas had taken over our living room sometime during the night. That night I would put on my Christmas jammies, and then settle down to watch the traditional Christmas shows … A Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman. And if there was no tree, then there couldn't be any presents, because Santa would have no place to put them. A coloring book and a new box of crayons would always be desired.īy Christmas Eve morning I'd usually worked myself into a frenzy, thinking that I wouldn't get any presents at all because we still had no tree.
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