Blog Stats
- 197,617 hits
Categories
- Books (9)
- Christmas (65)
- Coming Home Quilt (11)
- Crafts (199)
- Crochet (6)
- Down The Rabbit Hole (42)
- Dressmaking (107)
- Eighteen for 18 (13)
- embroidery (271)
- Fabric shops (26)
- Garden (140)
- Home (28)
- My Monthly Challenge (12)
- Nineteen for 19 (12)
- Photo Challenge (61)
- Poem of the month (8)
- Quilt-a-long (63)
- Quilting (225)
- Serendipity (696)
- Sewing (192)
- Smalls of the Month (18)
- Splendid Sampler Quilt (39)
- Stitch-a-long (85)
- TAST (12)
- Textile Books (13)
- The Stitchbook Collective (2)
- The Travelling Sketchbook (29)
- Tutorials (1)
- Walking (29)
- Wedding (13)
- Women's Institute (5)
- Workshops (2)
Archives
Tags
- #downtherabbithole
- #postcardfromgibfridayphoto
- #ZoeSAL
- applique
- Christmas
- clematis
- cross-stitch
- Cross-stitch smalls
- Di van Niekerk
- Down The Rabbit Hole
- Dressmaking
- embroidery
- Faby Reilly Designs
- Friday Photo Challenge
- garden
- Hand-quilting
- Jardin Privee
- Quilting
- Roses
- sewing
- Spring garden
- Tall Year Square
- The Finery of Nature
- The Splendid Sampler
- Travelling Sketchbook
Minerva Crafts
Tag Archives: Advent Ring
Monday’s Meander Round the Garden
Yesterday I had a good mooch round the garden collecting foliage for my Advent Ring, it was the first Sunday in Advent yesterday so I made it just in time! Over the years in the garden I’ve managed to get … Continue reading
Mistletoe Humbug
It’s the third Sunday in Advent today, so we lit another candle on the Advent ring and our daily Advent candle is going down fast, I’ve been pretty good at keeping up with it this year. We’re taking it in … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, embroidery, Serendipity
Tagged Advent Ring, Christmas, Faby Reilly Designs, Mistletoe Humbug
11 Comments
Advent Ring
Today is the first Sunday in Advent, a tradition from my own childhood which I have continued with is the Advent ring. It has four candles, so each Sunday we light one extra candle. I think it makes a nice … Continue reading
Christmas Foliage
At Christmas I like to have a lot of natural foliage in my decorations, I cut holly and ivy from the back lane and various evergreens from my garden, such as osmanthus and eunonymous. The Christmas season starts with an … Continue reading
The Christmas countdown begins
Well the countdown to Christmas has definitely begun, as I mentioned on Sunday I love the build up to Christmas from all the Advent traditions. Today the Advent calendars came out. I made this one nearly 20 years ago. It’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Crafts, Serendipity, Sewing
Tagged Advent Calendar, Advent Candle, Advent Ring
6 Comments
First Sunday in Advent
Today is the first Sunday in Advent which in our household heralds the beginning of the Christmas season. We’ve always ‘done’ Advent in a big way, although more so when the children were little. We had a pile of Christmas … Continue reading
Advent Sunday Candles and Stitching
I’ve been busy making my Advent ring today as it’s the first Sunday in Advent. It’s a tradition that goes back to my childhood which I’ve chosen to carry on with my family. When the children were little it marked … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Crafts, Garden, Serendipity
Tagged Advent, Advent Ring, Christmas, embroidery
7 Comments