Advent Calendar Day Twenty one and welcome Winter

Here we are to Day 21, which also marks the Winter Solstice. It doesn't seem possible there are so few days left till Christmas and it certainly doesn't feel like Christmas, since yesterday it was in the mid 60s F ((~18 C) here. I've already had my tea, so if you're looking to see my Tea Tuesday post, please see the previous entry.


I thought if I waited for sunlight, I might get some better photos of the contents of this box.


But the sunlight never came, and no matter how much light I put on the piece, I couldn't capture these fibers, ribbons, and tags as they unfurled from the box they hide in the rest of the year.


Perhaps this is a better photo of the contents and some of the open boxes. As may be evident from this photo, this is the last box of the tree. Tomorrow I begin opening boxes that make up the trunk.

I hope you are ready for Christmas. I know I'm sure not, which means after I get my out and about shopping finished, I'll be in the studio most of the evening making a couple of quiltlets. I've already made three and not a single one, NOPE, not one has turned out right. See, they require some type of measuring, something I'm simply not good at. And since they need to hang, they are all too wonky to hang straight. What handmade goodies have you made this Christmas? I hope your Christmas shopping is complete and you are ready for the big day.