Tuesday, December 1, 2009

quilted Advent love

My mother made me a quilted Advent calendar! Isn't it gorgeous?! She filled the pockets with chocolate, scratch tickets (haha!) and little nips!

(side note- what do you call those little tiny bottles of alcohol? you know, the ones that are on the counter at the liquor store, that are around a dollar or so? my family calls them nips, but Steve had no idea what I was talking about when I said that!)


Here is a close-up, where you can see the pockets with the numbers for the day!


Funny, because I'd been thinking about these, after seeing one on a blog, and I thought how much I'd love to make one, but thought they were too advanced for me right now. I hadn't even mentioned it to my mother, but somehow, she knew!

10 comments:

Mrs. Potts said...

What a beautiful quilt! That is amazing that your mom did that.

I think we call them airline bottles since they're what airlines use for their drinks?

Chef Liz said...

That is so cute! :-) Your mom is super talented.

And I call them nips, as well.

Anonymous said...

they're nips... at least in New England

whacky midwesterners

The Pink Chick said...

I love your quilted Advent calendar! It is so beautiful!! I've never heard of nips either. We call them airplane bottles. However, I love the fact that you call them nips. I might have to start using that!

Renee said...

That might be the coolest thing i have seen in a week! That is awesome.

Everyone in nH calls "nips" nips.

That is weird about Steve not knowing that.

BonBon Rose Girls Kristin said...

Wow, how lucky are you??? That is gorgeous! What a keepsake.

Katelin said...

that is so cute! and love that there are mini bottles in there too, haha, classic.

Jill said...

What a pretty quilt! I love the goodies your mom put in the pockets. How fun!!!

I've never had a name for the little bottles of alcohol but I'll start to call them nips. I like it!

Shoshanah said...

I've never heard of the word nips. Although the only thing I can think to call them is "tiny little bottles of alcohol"

Anonymous said...

That is such a fun idea! Quite the talented Momma you've got!