"A' BUNTING WE WILL GO...", et al

 

I've finished my bunting flags and am starting to

put them together with my own handmade binding strips..

(just pinned for now)

and...

I am making a loop for hanging on either end...

Above are the first two...

and here are the next in line...

below...

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I will add more binding overlapping as I go

[the crocheted piece was made by my

Grand-mere--almost all gone now...]

These are just simple flags using older holiday fabrics--

but...

I have added bits and bobs here and there..

Carolers for "Silent Night..."

and

Pretty poinsettias tied with a 

little velvet bow and some buttons...

So far I have eleven to be bound..

I plan to drape this over 

my fireplace mantle

for the holidays...

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And 

today being T minus 7,

here is our turkey thawing

in the fridge....

I plan to go shopping on next Tuesday to

get the few things left for our meal....

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Looks like tomorrow will be another gray day;

these evenings are closing in so early now...

dark at 4:30 here...;((((

We are watching Ken Burns' 

"The American Revolution"

and I must say I am

learning a lot...

Not the least of which is 

how our forebears were

able to all come together

to fight for our freedom....

despite their many differences...

hugs, Julierose,

La blageuse

(stitching-away-euse)

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