Christmas Presents

This year was all about planning ahead and starting early. I had so much fun decorating gift bags that I literally started in June and hand decorated about 60 Christmas gift bags. During a day of cleaning out my fabric stash (you know everyone has one) I came across this Christmas angel fabric. This angel is literally 10 years old. I have carried her from Washington to New York to Dallas (and I still have some left in storage). I remember purchasing her back when I really had to pinch pennies. I fretted over the price at the time (probably less than $10/yard), but felt better knowing that I could make so many different things with her. The first year I made wall hangings, another year cards and this year she is gift bags. This really is the yard of fabric that just keeps on giving. I also managed to sew just under 100 of my green re-usable shopping bags (more in an earlier post) to give away. It was a fun time.