Look at this. Seriously, if this doesn't charm the pants off you then you're probably just dead inside.

It came upon a midnight (well... about 7.30pm) clear

So my awesome friend Alison from Stitches of Time gave me a MASSIVE box of Christmas fabric today, and I've been pondering what to do with it every moment since.  I'm planning a few drawstring gift bags, maybe a few stockings, but then I came across the suggestion of Christmas aprons and thought, YES.

I have spent the last hour trawling the internet for a good free pattern and Lo!  LO.  Here is EXACTLY the apron I want to make: Elephant in my Handbag: Christmas Apron Tutorial.

...it's the weekend now (and as per, I am horribly behind in all my bloggery) but I shall see if I can't rustle up a few of these in time for the Craft Fair on the 6th December.  Craft Fair?  Oh, yes.  See, told you I was horribly behind.  :)

Eye pillow and two lavender bags, commission.

OH LAWKS

Of course, the ridiculous thing is that while I haven't blogged for months, I have been sewing like a mad thing the entire time.

In the spirit of my "use stuff up" project, I've been doing 12.5" quilt-as-you-go blocks for the wonderful Soy Amado project:

And I made some pot-holders for a wonderful friend of mine who got married last week in the US.  I wish I could've been there but from what I've seen it was a fab day and she made a gorgeous bride.

And I've joined a real actual sewing bee!  The Siblings Together Bee (mk 2), where we make 2 x 12.5" blocks per month for a year.  These are November's rainbow coloured slab blocks, although I got a bit carried away and made 3...

I also made a commissioned toddler quilt which I didn't even take a photo of, and half a dozen baby quilts for Project Linus which will go to the Calderdale babies ICU.  I didn't take photos of those either.  I am USELESS!

Worst of all, I've realised I never posted the finished Bear Quilts.  So here they are, two disappearing nine-patch quilts in "Indie Chic" by Riley Blake fabrics and a few stash bits and Kona solids, for a pair of twin boys:

Here's a close-up of the Bear Block at the top of each quilt (based on this block at Quilter's Cache, but tweaked a bit for my purposes):

Each quilt had a little teddybear to go with it, made from a Love Patchwork & Quilting pattern.   Unfortunately the bears had to be posted off before the quilts were finished, so I didn't get a proper photo, but I managed this one while the quilt tops were still on the design wall:

There, that'll do for this post.  Now let's see how long before I post again...