Christmas sewing Nov/Dec 2017

I belong to a small international group of quilters who exchange fabrics and blocks during the year. It's great fun getting a package from overseas every few months. This year we are exchanging some Xmas blocks and fabrics. I am turning my pretty blocks into Xmas presents for family and friends. I'm also finishing some of those dreaded UFOs that I started several years ago. See my halo? Here are some of the things I have sewn in the last couple of weeks.
I so enjoyed making the treeskirt for Suze I decided to make another:

I also made a bunch of table toppers some of which could also be used as placemats:

 Some children's placemats are part of the bundle:

.....and a Christmas table runner:

There's a set of placemats too!

As you can see I'm all in favour of loud colours for Christmas!

Suze's Treeskirt Dec 2017

Suze wanted a black and white treeskirt. I got her to choose the fabrics. She has a black Xmas tree with white decorations and her tastes are very minimalist. I was given a really nice pattern at the Mascot craft group that I go to. It's very simple and easy to make being composed of 18 wedges.. a bit like a gored skirt. The most complicated thing about it is the binding which has to be cut on the cross because the treeskirt is circular and the binding needs to be stretchy for the curves.

I liked the pattern so much I made another for a Christmas gift. Not finished yet.