In Which I Take a Moment to Reflect and Also Tell You the Twelve Days 1-12, 7-12 and 10-12 Bundles Are Now Available

Wow. There they all are. All twelve patterns photographed in one shot. Big feels came over me as I was bending over this in my well-lit bathroom and taking the shot (keepin’ it real, y’all, my bathroom has a skylight and doubles as a photo studio). It feels a little weird to be finished with this series I’ve loved so much. Weird but good. I released the first pattern back in June 2014. That’s like a million blog years ago. Three and a half Real Time years of thinking through each ornament and endlessly brainstorming how best to represent each day and how best to translate that into an accessible pattern that everyone can enjoy making.

I’ve always liked a good puzzle and that’s exactly what this series was — a challenging 3D felt design puzzle and each time I completed a day I got to level up. I’ve learned a lot! And I hope you will learn some new techniques for your crafting as you make the series! If you’ve mastered French knots alone you deserve a large bar of chocolate wrapped in gold paper.

Thanks so much for your constant encouragement and kindness and support through this series! Your faithful, thoughtful comments and messages and photos really kept me motivated. Special notes from grandmothers making multiple sets for grandchildren, long distance sisters making the sets together, a lovely lady getting ready to have a hip replacement who is planning to take these projects to the hospital with her, and one especially memorable letter from a sweet Texan who used the hand stitching as a mental refuge and calming exercise during the terrible flooding in Houston. And I can’t not mention the pointed messages I received from two completely different octogenarians (true story) hinting that since they were in their 80s they would appreciate my hurrying it up already with the rest of the ornaments. Oh my word, y’all.

PS I forgot to include the brave (possibly crazy) crafter who tells me she is working with her daughter to make as many as the song says…Great Scott! That’s…78 ornaments, right? Or you could technically say that’s just the total for day 12 and then you have 11 other days to total up…Math is not my strong suit. Anyone else doing this??

I do adore seeing your finished ornaments! Check out what others have been posting on Instagram with the #twelvedaysornaments hashtag. So much inspiration there. Keep them coming! I hope you continue to love making these special heirloom ornaments as much as I do! Yes, I still do! I plan to concentrate now on finishing the sets I’m making for my own two girls. And I’m going to take my sweet time doing it.

So here are the new discounted pattern bundles, including the 1-12 complete bundle. Yaaassssss. They are now available in my Etsy shop or my Craftsy store:

Many have asked me, ‘what’s next?’. I have no idea.
Isn’t that awesome? 🙂