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Our book to read and discuss during December 2013 is The Christmas Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini. It's a quick, fun read. Get the book from your local library or bookstore and join us!
In the book, the Christmas star that ALWAYS goes on top of the Bergstrom tree ends up missing. If you'd like to make a quilt block to go with this event in the book, here are some free patterns to get you started:
12" Christmas Rising Star Quilt Block
10" Christmas Star Quilt Block shown below
20" Christmas Star Quilt Block
16" Star of Bethlehem Quilt Block
The Quilters' Book Club selection for January is The Healing Quilt by Lauraine Snelling. Get the book from your local library or bookstore and plan to join us!
Our tree doesn't have something on the top. I guess we've never really had anything special to put there.
ReplyDeleteOur tree has a gorgeous angel on the top. She is rather large, and the tree is not big, so she is leaning over slightly. Try as I might, I could not straighten her up. Over the years I have had a star, then a small angel, and now the current one.
ReplyDeleteCoincidentally, I went to the library during the week and borrowed two Elm Creek Quilts books - The New Year's Quilt which I am reading now, and The Winding Ways Quilt.
Mine has changed from year to year. Sometimes a star with a light in it. Other years it was an angel. Now it will always be a bright star. A memory close to my heart
ReplyDeleteOur tree has a kind of lacy star made of shaved wood, and under that, a small angel doll. My five-year-assistant is still too short to reach the top of the tree so I still have control.
ReplyDeleteMany years ago I made a doll with a very wide skirt (small pieces of wood underneath). She is very carefully wrapped and brought out each year. Before that in the 60's we had another doll.
ReplyDeleteI have a traditional angel that I place on top of my tree each year.
ReplyDeleteI have an angel that my sister gave to me many years ago. She is made from that wide twisted paper ribbon that is often used to make bows for wreaths. Very simple, she is about 8 inches high; white with a gold wire halo. I love looking up to see her gazing down at all of us from above.
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