Ho, Ho, Ho and on We Sew - more drinking!

Well, given that we have not really had much of a summer this year here in the UK it is not so difficult to think about Christmas, and just so that you know there are 18 Saturdays left until Christmas! Don't say you haven't been warned :)

As it is the 18th of the month, it is time to unveil another Ho, Ho, Ho and on We Sew Link Party to encourage/cajole you into getting organised for the Christmas Holiday season.

This month's link party is hosted by the lovely Deborah, who blogs at Sunshine through the Rain . Deborah has created a brilliant tutorial for Envelope Christmas Stockings that are the perfect project for children to make as end-of-term gifts for teachers and classmates. Think how smug you will feel when you have a stack of those sitting in the cupboard so far in advance of that frenetic run-up to Christmas!

Of course, it wouldn't be a Ho, Ho, Ho and on We Sew Link Party without a giveaway and this month's giveaway comes courtesy of the generous Annie at the Village Haberdashery.

One lucky linker will receive a £10 gift voucher to spend in Annie's great store.

I know that I would have no trouble spending that :)

The winner of last month's mini charm pack from the Fat Quarter shop was Frederique who linked up her paper-pieced Christmas Forest.

My own Christmas make this month complements this wine bottle cover that I made in June,

a set of Christmas coasters!

More linen from Latvia for the tops with plain red cotton for the letters and red and white gingham for the binding. I started to make these a while ago but tidied them away in a cupboard (!) so promptly forgot about them altogether. When we come back from our next trip to France next month I will also have the wine to go with them, so one more present sorted :)

If you have made any Christmas or Holiday gifts or home decor items this month head on over to Sunshine through the Rain to link them up and be in with a chance of winning that Village Haberdashery gift voucher.

As ever we could not provide you with all of these great giveaways throughout the year without the support of these generous sponsors.

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Ho, Ho, Ho and on We Sew in August

Well we definitely are on the downhill slope to Christmas now, in a couple of weeks time the schools will go back here in England so that usually means that the Christmas cards will be appearing in the shops very soon after! In Scotland they are further ahead of the game, on a visit to a local garden centre with my mum last week we were tempted by the recently laid out boxes of Christmas cards but managed to resist and head for the ice-cream instead :)

For crafters though it is never too early to start thinking of Christmas, so in an effort to have you all organised for Christmas it is time to head on over to this month's Christmas Angel, Erin, who blogs at Missy Mac Creations for August's Ho, Ho, Ho and on We Sew Link Party. Erin has a beautiful baby girl to make for this Christmas, so it will be extra special this year over at Missy Mac towers :)

If you are new to the party, let me fill you in on the details. Paula and I decided at the end of last year that Christmas 2014 was going to be different, this time round there would be no late-night sewing sessions or frantic last-minute dashes to the Post Office. This time we were going to work on Christmas and Holiday projects throughout the year so come December we would be so organised we wouldn't know what to do with ourselves :)

We decided to share our plans with our blogging friends and invite them to be organised too, with a monthly Link Party to provide a gentle nudge. As ever we have a lovely incentive for you to get crafting and linking and this time it is a great Christmas Ornament Pattern Set courtesy of the lovely Alicia at Posie: Patterns and Kits to stitch, isn't that cottage adorable?

To win the pattern set all you have to do is head on over to Missy Mac Creations and link up a Christmas or Holiday-themed finish that you have completed this month. The link up will remain open until the end of the month, when a random winner will be drawn. Couldn't be any easier, could it?

My own Christmas crafting this month is one jewellery roll for my soon-to-be daughter-in-law,

 and I have started making some Christmas coasters to go with the wine charms from May's link party.

 

They will hopefully be finished before the end of the month! 

So now it is your turn to show and tell, head on over to Missy Mac Creations and share your Christmas makes. 

As ever we are grateful to our lovely and generous sponsors who have provided us with such great prizes for the Link Party.