Unsurprisingly, this year, Stashmas is a bit different. Your Mods and the Stashmas Elves discussed this at some length in September, and decided that sending parcels wasn’t possible. There are lots of reasons why – Covid has changed the landscape so much for so many, we felt it unfair to unintentionally put pressure on members. We'd already missed the shipping date in Australia!
Not to mention that international postal services weren’t operating normally anyway, coupled with a US election which has proved to be very “mail intensive”. We could all too easily imagine Stashmas stuck in the post or lost in Customs! 
But we were determined to have Stashmas! After the aforementioned long discussions, and having asked you guys, too, we believe we found a solution.
O, Stashmas Tree!
This is a Stashmas gift to forum members from our own Mabel, hereafter to be known as Chief Elf. The design uses a patterned fabric of your choice (like quilting cotton, but actually a piece of old duvet cover would work just as well!), beads, sequins and any other embellishments you happen to have in your stash, some sewing thread (or stranded cotton) to attach the applique bits, and embroidery thread. The design uses perle cotton but it would also work with a full thread (all 6 strands) of DMC or Anchor stranded cotton, or any speciality thread you happen to have that's fairly chunky.
Don’t worry if there’s too much to remember here -- all the instructions and templates are included in the download, as well as ideas for finishing your Stashmas Trees.
Your Mods and Mabel are on hand to answer questions, and – of course – there will be a special thread to show off all your lovely finishes.
Sign up as usual by replying below in this thread, and I’ll send you the link.
Happy Stashmas!
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- DMC British Museum
