I’ll probably add more Christmas-y pictures as the big day grows closer, but today I wanted to feature a soft Santa doll I made a few (make that quite a few!) years ago. I’m very proud of this guy and enjoy bringing him out every year. I hope you enjoy seeing him 😀
My mother-in-law made the jeweled tree, and the pink and white quilt hanging on the rail behind Santa was made by my grandmother. The story goes that it was made from pieces of my mother’s outgrown dresses… as many quilts were at that time. My mother quilted too, by hand, and it always bothered her to cut up perfectly good yardage into the little pieces required to construct quilt blocks. That was never a concern for me, having grown up in a more affluent time period.
It’s interesting to think about the societal norms that shape our thinking. They seem immutable… just the way things are… and yet they change from generation to generation. As all things do.
Anyway, happy December!
