I'm not sure how it happened but I ended up crafting four Xmas gifts this year, three quilts and a shawl. I don't really like the pressure of a deadline and have previously managed to gift a quilt top as I ran out of time to finish (I did finish the quilt a little while after). There of the items I started in the summer and one was an autumn, relative last minute idea. Amazingly all four were finished by the 20th (if I can call an unblocked shawl finished) and one even made it into the post a day before last posting date. This has surprised me as much as anyone.
And so to record this momentous achievement for posterity here are my first presents finished in advance of gifting date...
A Crochet Between the lines shawl designed by Tammy Canavan-Soldaat in Scheepjes Whirls.
Sundial by from Jelly Roll Quilts in a Weekend in Sweetwater's The Cookie Exchange for Moda
Simple Bento Boxes found at Making Scrap Quilts From Stash in Lewis and Irene's Small Things at Christmas
And finally...
Slam Dunk by Cluck Cluck Sew in random fabrics.
Really chuffed but must try to avoid doing so much again in future.
