One of the favorite Christmas decorations in our home this year--and the last one to be taken down--was the advent calendar I made. I started it at the end of November, took a break to make a Christmas dress and suit, then finished it with only a few days left until Christmas. The kids don't seem to have a solid grasp of counting down anyway, so in my opinion the calendar did its job since Clark played with it all month long on my sewing room floor. I based it off of the pictures and templates from a sew-a-long that homemadebyjill did a few years back. The background is linen from Ikea and the backing is heavyweight muslin. I made three original ornaments unique to our tree: a cat (Lana seems to LOVE cats), the pinecone (I might replace this one next year with a robot for Clark), and the baby Jesus in a manger. The ornaments were fun to make and I had lots of help from Clark. Sometimes a little too much help when he accidentally ripped some of the hangers off. I'll keep my fabric glue handy next year.
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Gorgeous! Reminds me of the style of the one we had growing up, the one that got lost somehow!
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