It Takes a Village

Mostly pictures...few words tonight. Made this for my mom for Christmas. She's my rock, and we are most fortunate she lives in our "village". A table runner or a 17"x52" hanging. Her choice.
All houses are paper-pieced, even the wonky church with the slightly crooked door! DOH.

I had fun with the embellishments and embroidery, right down to the wreath on the door, the apple tree, and the pot of hydrangaes.

As a retired teacher, I had to include a little red schoolhouse.

To keep the folksy, scrappy feel, I used different neutral/tan background fabrics for most of the house blocks. I designed these one day while my Thermodynamics class was taking a test.

City hall has granite steps, a clock and a flag flying. I couldn't find narrow red&white fabric at Joann's but did manage to get a few inches of ugly patriotic military fabric, complete with a flag!
Viola!!

It was a blast to make, and I know that she loves it.