{"id":1188,"date":"2018-12-14T23:58:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T06:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/?p=1188"},"modified":"2018-12-15T00:17:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T07:17:12","slug":"advent-calendar-day-15-heirloom-nativity-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/?p=1188","title":{"rendered":"Advent Calendar Day 15&#8230;Heirloom Nativity Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today I am representing Day 15 for Jo at <a href=\"http:\/\/serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com\/2018\/12\/2018-online-advent-calendar.html\">Serendipitous Stitching&#8217;s Advent Calendar<\/a>, sharing this day with <a href=\"http:\/\/ariadnefromgreece.blogspot.com\/\">Ariadne from Greece&#8217;s<\/a> blog.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>During this fun blog hop, Jo opens a &#8220;door&#8221; to a different blog each day of Advent and we post some Christmas stitching for all to enjoy!<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_9016-1.jpg?resize=640%2C1366&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1196 size-medium aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"1366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_9016-1.jpg?w=703&amp;ssl=1 703w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_9016-1.jpg?resize=141%2C300&amp;ssl=1 141w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_9016-1.jpg?resize=480%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n<p>For my Christmas stitching I want to share with you my progress in The Victoria Sampler&#8217;s Heirloom Nativity which I started just about 2 years ago!<\/p>\n\n\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_9014.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1194 size-medium aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_9014.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_9014.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_9014.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_9014.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_9014.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_9014.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For you regular readers you can see that I&#8217;ve met my goal for this month of making it down to the last section, the hardanger decoration at the bottom! <\/p>\n\n\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_9015.jpg?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1193 size-medium aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_9015.jpg?w=1125&amp;ssl=1 1125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_9015.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marysthread.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/img_9015.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This section is so beautiful I want to do a learning piece first so I don&#8217;t mess it up! I aim to do that in January and any further stitching I do in this this month will be to get the Kloster blocks done in preparation for that.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Jo has also asked us to answer &#8220;What is your favorite Christmas song?&#8221; Oh, do I have to pick only one? I just can&#8217;t. For more secular carols I love White Christmas and The Christmas Song. And for hymns I am always moved by O Holy Night and <a href=\"https:\/\/m.youtube.com\/watch?v=N1cfCEzniEg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What Child Is This. <\/a>This one goes well with my stitching sobI&#8217;ll link to it for you, a really pretty version by Josh Groban.<\/p>\n<p>If you just stumbled on my blog I invite you to now <a href=\"http:\/\/serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com\/2018\/12\/2018-online-advent-calendar.html?m=1\">visit Jo<\/a> if you want to see all the bloggers of the first 2 weeks of the Advent Calendar! And if you are coming for the blog hop, thanks so much for stopping by! <\/p>\n<p>To all, Merry Christmas!<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I am representing Day 15 for Jo at Serendipitous Stitching&#8217;s Advent Calendar, sharing this day with Ariadne from Greece&#8217;s blog. During this fun blog hop, Jo opens a &#8220;door&#8221; to a different blog each day of Advent and we post some Christmas stitching for all to enjoy! 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