I went through my Hoosier cabinet this morning (I keep my tablerunners and vintage tablecloths in it) looking for my Christmas linens. I remember when Nightmare was here, I would open the bottom door to the Hoosier cabinet and he couldn't get in there fast enough. While looking through my things, I found a few with some of Nightmare's fur on them.
I took this photo of Nightmare last year when I was looking for my Christmas things. He loved it in the Hoosier cabinet. He thought he was hiding or something. Anyway, I cleaned the cat hair off of my things. It was hard but I had to do it. He was a beauty, wasn't he? I so love black cats and Nightmare and I were so bonded.
And here's Nightmare laying under our tree last year:
I also put one of my embroidered Christmas pillows on my bed today and then washed the ones that I usually keep on the bed. Simba, loved this pillow:
If you remember, I lost Nightmare in May, exactly 1 year to the day after I lost my Simba. I don't mean to sound sad. Christmas is hard sometimes.
Anyway, I've been stitching on my Kittens In A Teacup Pillow:
All of the seam embroidery designs are from my Elegant Crazy Quilt Seam Treatments books. Here are some closeups:
And here's a closeup of the lace trim around that curve:
I hand painted the lace pieces for this. I remember reading The Thorn Birds years ago and in the book, a dress color was referred to as "ashes of roses". That was the color I wanted for the lace. I think I managed that!
I'll leave you with one of my favorite Christmas songs called, "Johnny Bring The Pinetree In". It's a rare song that was played on WLIT in Chicago back in the 80's. I never hear it anymore but found it on YouTube last year. Enjoy!
