Decorated Dress Form

Countdown to Christmas Day 12 shows off a decorated dress form seen at Meissner Sewing in Folsom, California. 

I have posted about dress forms here dressed-up-dress-form

I had the intention of doing this Teddy Bear Sleigh craft but I can't find the sleigh now! Grrr If I find it before the end of this countdown, I will post an update. 

What I am listening to - 1999 Christmas Party. 

Candy Cane Lane

Countdown to Christmas features Year 2 of the outdoor decorations Candy Cane Lane. Everything was purchased secondhand mainly at 1/2 off senior days. 

What I am listening to - Wonder Disc Humbug! Christmas Songs for the Scrooge in Your Life.

Holiday Weird and Wacky

Mrs. Claus may have had a bad hair day but we won't on this Special Edition Holiday Weird and Wacky.

Links to previous year's posts. 

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What I am listening to - 2000 Christmas in Blues. 

Abominable Snowman Day

Day 9 to the Countdown to Christmas is a little Yeti crazy. Going through my sketchbook, I found this cartoon I drew in 2016. The Abominable Goes Shopping 

Thrift shop Yetis. 

This little gal is a Monster High Bominable ornament. WANT! 

What I am listening to - 1996 Christmas Cocktails. 

Recipe and image of the day 

Final Fantasy Female Seferoth Project

I will start off that I know next to nothing about Final Fantasy. My son is a fan and we will be attending a convention in April. 

I do know I have the hair for this character cosplay (long and platinum). I've got the material for a costume, so I will attempt a Grandfluencer version of Seferoth 

The idea is to combine two patterns starting with Vogue 9219 pattern for the coat-length jacket. I've learned my lesson, to make one version of the coat, then adjust the pattern and correct any mistakes made for the second version.  

Next, was delighted to find 2016 Simplicity 8074 in my sewing pattern repository. 

The fabric pulls include a black batik and a black print for the Simplicity top. 

I really want to do this jacket in this blue dragon fabric. I will post my progress. Not quite sure how to do the epaulets on the shoulders, that will take awhile to figure out. 

And on to the Countdown to Christmas Day 8! What I am listening to - Celtic Christmas. 

Ending the post with a Hidehooooo to my Chinese audience.👋Big jump in views from that country the past 30 days per Google analytics. 

LEGO Day

Day 7 to the Countdown to Christmas is LEGO Day! 

NOT an ad for LEGO. There are lots of cute kits for sale featuring winter scenes. 

What I am listening to - 1981 Liona Boyd, A Guitar for Christmas. 

Creative Christmas Clothing

On the sixth day of the Countdown to Christmas clothing is the star of the day. 

Liking this weird stuff, link to a previous post awkward-christmas-clothing

What I am listening to - 1994 A Rock' n' Roll Christmas.