I decided I wanted to do a little embroidery block for a quilt and wanted a Christmas Tree, so this is what I came up with. It was fun to do — other than the metallic thread, that is. That stuff is no picnic to work with! This was a test piece. I’m happy with how this little tree turned out and now have some great ideas for more blocks.
This is one of my favourite shots of Smudge. He looks right at the camera when we take his photograph. Right now he’s turned into the cuddle cat to end all. He loves the cold weather, I think — more opportunity to snuggle up to us. He’s truly a walking heater! And it is cold — we’ve gone from that glorious week of Indian Summer to a wind chill value tonight of -11C. Guess it’s time to stop procrastinating and actually get my winter coat to the cleaners.
Quilt Obsession 
NIce tree, I agree about metallic thread. But it does look so nice.
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He looks so sweet and I love your little tree, Cathi. How happy!
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Cute tree! But metallic thread is a real pain. Too bad since it looks so great!
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I can’t get metallic thread to work for me. I have tried with the sewing machine, with no luck.Smudge looks just like my kind of heater! LOL!
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hi i just love your treehave just read your blog,,love the cats….cute i am just new to blog-land and was so stress about it…. but i hope i am getting there…….jeni
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Your tree is so cute! And Smudge is so beautiful!
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How cute, Cathi! You did a marvelous job.
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*brrrrr* I’ve been complaining about our current, unseasonal heatwave, but I think -11c is a swing too far in the other direction *s*
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Cute stitching. There are some cute patterns for Christmas free on http://www.patternbee.com
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very cute…i love the simplicity of it.
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Cathi your Christmas tree looks fantastic….and your snow photos, wow, it has turned cold here today…End of November and we have the heaters on, silly for Aussie weather.,
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Sweet Christmas Tree. I was just looking at the metallic threads the other day, at the store. No fun, you say. Glad I didn’t get any!
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