I don’t usually talk about Christmas in October however I wanted to share a little update on my Pretty Fabrics and Trims 2024 Advent Box. I received the Christmas Countdown panel last year and made the smaller projects, but the bigger project overwhelmed me as November and December are such crazy busy months. So I put it to one side and made a list of Christmas projects to make this year. A few weeks ago I got the Christmas Countdown panel out again and made a start.

Christmas Countdown embroidery Part 1

The Pretty Fabrics and Trims 2024 Advent Box contained a pretty pre-printed panel (try saying that quickly out loud!). Along with the Christmas Countdown was a smaller project each week, there were a couple of felt decorations, an EPP patchwork ball and a felt gift tag. I’ve always loved working with felt so it was easy to make those smaller projects and ignore the bigger one.

The Christmas Countdown is a lovely project and I couldn’t wait to start. It’s broken down into four stages, one for each week of Advent. The first stage/week contained the panel, threads and instructions to embroider the first six days. I used a small embroidery hoop whilst I enjoyed the small motif, day and description.

Here are the first six embroideries: put up the tree, a letter to Santa, make salt dough hearts,

light a candle, wear a Christmas jumper and bake mince pies

They are the perfect size to do each day and I love that these are activities our family does each year.

I can already see it’s going to look lovely when it’s finished, which will keep me motivated to complete it. Stay tuned for Part 2 soon!