This Christmas, why not remember the festivities large and small by creating quilt blocks for each one. My tree block at left is from my Dear Diary quilt. It’s actually a January block, “Taking down the Christmas Tree” but it could just as easily depict a tree going up.

Make blocks for baking cookies, shopping for presents, attending a Christmas pageant, and more. Just about anything, really. Then make a New Year’s Resolution to piece the blocks together and quilt them so that next Christmas you can reminisce and enjoy your quilterly creation.