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Benzie Palettes, Color Guides, Goose a Laying, Twelve Days, Twelve Days in 12 Months
July 3, 2025 by Larissa Holland No Comments

TDITM ’25 Color Guide: Goose a-Laying

This is the palette I used for my eldest daughter’s Twelve Days set during my 2025 Twelve Months in Twelve...
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Benzie Palettes, Goose a Laying, Twelve Days, Twelve Days in 12 Months
June 30, 2025 by Larissa Holland No Comments

TDITM: Goose a-Laying completed!

I was so focused on getting Bob Cratchit done that I almost blew my deadline for TDITM. I finished both...
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Benzie Palettes, FOTF Palettes, Goose a Laying, Twelve Days, Twelve Days in 12 Months
June 1, 2025 by Larissa Holland 2 Comments

TDITM June: Goose a-Laying

New month, new challenge! If you are participating in my Twelve Days in Twelve Months sewing challenge to complete one Twelve Days ornament a...
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Colly Bird, Easter, French Hen, Goose a Laying, Holiday, Twelve Days
March 5, 2024 by Larissa Holland No Comments

make Easter ornaments from Twelve Days ornaments!

Don’t forget some of your Twelve Days Christmas ornament patterns pull double duty as pretty Easter ornaments! Choose lovely spring colors for French...
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Goose a Laying, LodeStar, LodeStar Ornaments, Lord a Leaping, Partridge and Pear, Snow Bird, Twelve Days
November 19, 2023 by Larissa Holland No Comments

Some Beginner Friendly Ornaments

Here are some of the more beginner-friendly ornament patterns in my shop. Each one can be hand-sewn by a confident beginner...
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Easter, French Hen, Goose a Laying, Holiday, Snow Bird, Twelve Days
March 4, 2023 by Larissa Holland 1 Comment

Repurpose Your Patterns for Easter!

Introducing my new Easter patterns… Just kidding! You guys said to remind you when you can repurpose the existing Christmas...
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Christmas Ornaments, Embroidery, Felt Crafts, FOTF Palettes, Goose a Laying, Twelve Days
March 18, 2019 by Larissa Holland 2 Comments

FOTF Color Guide: Goose a-Laying

Here are the colors to use for Goose a-Laying (#6 in the series) if you are making my Twelve Days ornaments with Felt On The...
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Benzie Palettes, Christmas, Christmas Ornaments, Embroidery, Felt Crafts, Goose a Laying, Twelve Days
October 29, 2016 by Larissa Holland 1 Comment

On the Sixth Day of Christmas…

…my true love gave to meeeee, six geese a-laying! Better get started on the handmade gifts and ornaments! Goose a-Laying is...
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Benzie Palettes, Christmas, Christmas Ornaments, Felt Crafts, Goose a Laying, Twelve Days
July 28, 2016 by Larissa Holland 1 Comment

Color Guide: Goose a-Laying

Tada! It’s the official Goose a-Laying color collection featuring Benzie Design’s lovely wool felt! If you’d like to make ornaments like...
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Christmas Ornaments, Felt Crafts, Goose a Laying, Patterns, The Shop, Twelve Days
November 23, 2015 by Larissa Holland 16 Comments

Goose a-Laying Pattern is Now Available!

Hopefully in time for your Christmas hand makery, here is the new Goose a-Laying ornament pattern. This is the 6th...
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Felt Crafts, Goose a Laying, Twelve Days
November 16, 2015 by Larissa Holland 9 Comments

My Goose Laid an Egg

I’m working feverishly to finish writing the Goose a Laying pattern and get samples made so I can release the...
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Christmas, Christmas Ornaments, Felt Crafts, Gifts, Gold Ring, Goose a Laying, Twelve Days
December 27, 2014 by Larissa Holland 17 Comments

Handmade Gifts 2014: Gold Ring and Goose a-Laying Ornaments for Robyn

Presenting Robyn’s very tardy Gold Ring and Goose A-Laying ornaments. Super tardy. Three years tardy. Wait, that can’t be right....
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#twelvedaysin12months My Piper Piping is finished! #twelvedaysin12months My Piper Piping is finished! SHAZAM! I'm trying to get my junk together and make these last few ahead of time instead of squeaking by each month.
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And YES that's right, the color guide is already up! *high fives self*
I hope your TDITM challenge is going well? Only two more patterns to go after this one! 
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Welcome WELCOME, Autumn! Time for Piper Piping! Gr Welcome WELCOME, Autumn! Time for Piper Piping! Grab your favorite pumpkin spice beverage and sew a piper with me for our Twelve Days In Twelve Months sewing challenge. 
Tag a photo of your completed pipers with @mmmcrafts and #twelvedaysin12months to share your progress, and I will too! 
READ MORE: latest blog post on my website
SKILL LEVEL: If you made the patterns in order, you are ready!
PATTERN: my Etsy shop
COLOR GUIDES + KITS: on my site!
But wait, you might say, isn't this the wrong order? Be assured, it's the correct order for the original English carol. If 1780 is not how you roll, I have a supplement pattern. Check the blog post for details!
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SHOWN: My TDITM set so far, nine patterns sewn, three to go!
PATTERNS: Twelve Days ornament series
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#twelvedaysin12months My TDITM set so far. Nine pa #twelvedaysin12months My TDITM set so far. Nine patterns down and three to go! These ornaments are embroidered and sewn together by hand using my detailed step-by-step instructions. Skills needed to begin: basic hand stitches like backstitch, whipstitch, and French knot. Sulky Stick ‘n Stitch is the secret to making these, y’all. Just embroider right on the printed lines. More details on my website.
SHOWN: Twelve Days ornament series
PATTERNS: My Etsy shop
SKILL LEVEL: Confident beginner
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#twelvedaysin12months My Drummer Drumming is finis #twelvedaysin12months My Drummer Drumming is finished! And it's not even the back half of September. *high fives self*
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