Giving Thanks
Harvest festivals have been celebrated in agrarian cultures throughout the world since ancient times. While the form has changed over time, today's Thanksgiving celebrations keep the essence of the first gatherings: commonality of spirit, emphasizing family, community, sharing, and kind hospitality.
No more just a rural holiday, family and friends in cities far from fields of grain continue to carry on their traditions and expressions of faith. Thankful for friends and family who open their hearts and homes to us all year long, we make time in our busy lives to gather together and to consciously count our blessings.
Delicious smells of roasting turkey, hot bread, and pumpkin pie call to mind the essence of these traditional gatherings. But whatever the fare, the new designs this week were inspired by more than the feast. From the light-hearted and whimsical to the deeply spiritual, these new designs reflect long-held traditions of giving thanks. New this week you'll find amusing scenes with thankful turkeys and cute pilgrims. Sampler verses remind us to renew our trust and praise the God of our faith. A new dining decor pack will transform your table into a cornucopia of autumn color. Apples, grapes, pumpkins, and vines are ready to adorn table linens, chair backs, and other dining accessories.
For a little harvesting of your own, dig into your bountiful stash for scraps of fabrics and bring some new applique designs to life. Besides hanging out the welcome with in-the-hoop door hangers, you'll love sewing up cute little pilgrims and sweet harvest angel designs, as well as symbols of the thanksgiving harvest feast, on everything from oven mitts and potholders to cozies and kitchen towels. Enjoy the new designs, during this "Give Thanks" week!
The Country Harvest cornucopia spills its autumn delights. Beautiful for framing, this square design will also be excellent for a trivet, pot holder, chair back, or center feature on a placemat.
Friends and family will definitely fall head over heels for the eye-catching applique harvest designs above. So many festive images, designed to make every thing match and coordinate. You can decorate everything a little pilgrim could ask for -- plain linens, napkins, aprons, fingertip towels, bags, and much more. By mixing and matching, you can make hundreds of combinations! Thanksgiving dinner will never be the same. The pack contains 10 designs - for only $5.97! Click on the image to the left and add the pack to your basket, or select from individual designs above.
Want to see more? Click here to see designs released in previous weeks!