{"id":40,"date":"2016-08-21T09:46:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-21T09:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/?p=40"},"modified":"2023-08-29T13:06:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T13:06:32","slug":"40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/08\/21\/40\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Christmas Already?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>Well no, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/all\/fabrics\/fabrics-by-theme\/christmas-fabrics\">panels and fabrics<\/a> are arriving thick and fast so that we can all be ready in time. Gifts<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>created and decorations made.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Today, I\u2019m at the sewing machine making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/index.php?main_page=search_result&amp;search_in_description=1&amp;keyword=stocking&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\">Christmas Stockings.<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/images\/blog%2026.08.16%20cover%20pic_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It\u2019s a bit of a chore, however, to find inspiration when the sun in beating down and the temperature<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>is topping 26 degrees C. Not that I\u2019m complaining about the sun at all, just finding it hard to think in<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>terms of Christmas and the Winter season.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>What embellishment will enhance the stockings? Do I go for glitz and sparkle or something more<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>subtle? It is a Christmas stocking after all so maybe sequins and seed beads. The panel I\u2019m using has<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>a Scandi feel to it so perhaps embroidery with a bit of glitzy DMC. Watch this space.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/images\/blog%2026.08.16%20cover%20pic_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Jon has already been busy putting together an incredibly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/all\/fabrics\/pre-cut-fabrics-panels-novelties\/fabric-panels-for-quilting\">simple \u201cfolded\u201d advent calendar<\/a>. We are<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>all amazed by how quick and it easy it was to make and customers are loving the end result. Proving<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>popular already.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/images\/blog%2026.08.16%20cover%20pic_06.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Who else has started getting ready for the festive season? Tell us about the projects you\u2019ve got in<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>mind. My mum is making bags for her friends this Christmas, it was cushions last year, and already<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>has 2 completed. Only 5 more to go!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/images\/blog%2026.08.16%20cover%20pic_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Delighted with the finished result. Only took a couple of hours, computer had to be worked at and<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>customers had to be looked after in between!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/images\/blog%2026.08.16%20cover%20pic_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I\u2019ll be in touch with my next sewing challenge&#8230;.Joy<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well no, but panels and fabrics are arriving thick and fast so that we can all be ready in time. Gifts created and decorations made. Today, I\u2019m at the sewing machine making Christmas Stockings. It\u2019s a bit of a chore, however, to find inspiration when the sun in beating down and the temperature is topping &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/08\/21\/40\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Not Christmas Already?!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,4,7,23],"tags":[32,17,13,24,34,19,26,16,33],"class_list":["post-40","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-christmas","category-embroidery","category-fabric","category-patchwork-quilting","tag-christmas","tag-dmc","tag-embroidery","tag-fabric","tag-glitter","tag-handmade","tag-panel","tag-sewing","tag-stockings","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":947,"href":"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions\/947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tudorrosepatchwork.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}