Today is the start of the From The Heart Blog Hop. I love joining in on blog hops when the opportunity arises and I have time. Carol from Just Let Me Quilt always hosts fun hops and so much inspiration happens on lots of blogs during it. This one was to make a small gift to give someone. Given that the weather is getting colder each day and we've even seen some of that white stuff already, today in fact!
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So you might not be surprised that I would whip up something to do with a⛄⛄⛄. First I had a mug rug in mind, then maybe it should be two of them. Well I experimented with it and it just wasn't what I wanted. So scrap that idea and start over. Ok now I have something.
Gee I should have taken photos along the way but I was on a roll and didn't thing to stop!
If you would like to make this cutie, I can give you dimesions and I am sure you can figure out the construction easily enough. The gray squares are cut 6.5" square, you can draw up a snowman head by using a plate:). Applique him on, I used black thread and machine blanket stitched him on. The red and white squares are strip pieced using 1.5" strips. The darker gray outer border is 1.5" cut.
I quilted and bound it before appliquing the nose and sewing the mouth with a triple stitch on my Janome 7700. The last thing was to sew on buttons for the eyes. Aren't these little guys the cutest!! It measures approximately 17" x 10.5" after binding.
I added two triangles in the corner for my friend to be able to quickly add a small dowel rod and hang it when she is in the snowy mood;) Yes this will soon be winging it's way to her. 
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Unrelated to the hop, I have an announcement on Wednesdays post! I hope you will come back to visit.
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