Advent Calendars

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In 2010 I made these advent calendars for our four children.   This was also my first introduction to an embroidery machine.  I bought a small used one at the local quilt shop and embroidered the numbers.  The cute buttons are held onto by good old-fashioned snaps which I had to sew on the trees and the date squares by hand.  I glued the other half of the snap onto the buttons.  I bought a variety of fun buttons for everyone to enjoy as they counted down the days until Christmas.

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