mistletoe misfit wrote:The red long curtains sound just lovely Jennifer! What are penant flags? I like the Christmas valence idea. I wish I could sew!
I cannot sew. Fortunately Swedes learn both woodshop and sewing in school. penant flags are the triangular upside down flags you see for various occassions. they are usually made of paper or plastic in throw way versions in school colors for sporting events, but I saw some made of cloth on the Martha Stewart Halloween decoration website and it gave me the idea of making them out of mixed cloth in a common color theme (orange black, orange brown, red green) for each of the holidays with words "Happy Halloween", "Happy Thanksgiving", "Merry Christmas", "God Jul" spelled out and appliqued on top. Next time we go to the cloth shop, we will go through the remnants for material. That should not be too expensive. Mind you, right now this idea only exists in my head, but my beautiful husand is good at taking ideas and making them concrete.
So all that is really needed is some Christmas material, cut in a triangle shape, some small dowling( I think that's what their called) and some wood glue or staples and fabric paint. I might be able to do that! 
It is not on my list of things for Christmas dinner.
