Getting ready...

On the eighteenth day of December the advent calendar said: Get the house ready for the festive season.  So we make sure it is tidy and clean. We know the status quo will not last, our house is a home, very much lived in. We are firm believers in a clean house, then we just feel better and can relax and enjoy the space we live in. Now it is ready for some more baking, which still needs to be done.

Do anyone remember these bicycle clips? In the early 90's these were used to contain the quilt sausage so one could fit it under the arm of a sewing machine to contain the bulk of the quilt while machine quilting a quilt. Had to put them into service on the above quilt.

They still work as well now as they did way back then. I am showing my quilting age now. All the horizontal lines are quilted and the pins removed.  Next will be the in the ditch on all the colours.

The balls are finished with soft gold ribbons and lace.