1 Xmas Item finished, A Win, A Quiet Celebration

It is the 25th of the month so time to post a photo of my Christmas Item. Below is a photo of an Anni Downs pattern, The Christmas Goose Basket.  I finished it on the weekend while I was at camp.  It is very cute but was a bit smaller than I imagined it was going to be. I took the wrong size ric rac along with me so decided not to use any at all.  I think it looks alright without it. What do you think?

If you would like to see what others have completed this month head on over to Narelle at Pins and Whiskers to check it out.
Also a month or so ago I entered a competition on The Sentimental Quilter blog and was lucky enough to be one of  thirty winners.  I won an Andover charm pack, called Chateau Chambray and it is very pretty. ( red, pink, blue, cream are in the mix). I had forgotten all about it until it arrived last week, so thanks Andover for sending it and thanks to Kathleen for running the competition in conjunction with Andover and Valentines Day.

Well must go, my hubby and I have been celebrating our 18 th wedding anniversary today. We were going out for dinner to celebrate but I managed to pick up a sore throat on my retreat and have not been feeling the best today so we ended up having dinner at home which was just as nice. Hope to shake this bug before we head off to the Hot Rod Nationals on Thursday at the Gold Coast. Will be back tomorrow to do a short post about the retreat.  So till then......   Hugs........