craftgrrl | Happy Holidays, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy New Year

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itrain at Happy Holidays, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy New Year

Here is the fabric postcard I made for the Kwanzaa exchange. The ear of corn is stenciled
on felt. The corn (muhndi) is placed on the mkeka (woven straw mat) to symbolize the celebration
of children, community, and family. Kwanzaa, the African American holiday celebrated from
Dec. 26 through Jan 1. is a Swahilli term that signifies "first fruits of the harvest".

I love everything about the holidays. When I was a child we started preparing for Christmas
shortly after Thanksgiving. We put the decorations up 2 weeks before Christmas and took the
tree down before 12am New Years eve. Over the holidays I will be quilting the Kwanzaa top
I made for a neighbor and upstarting several other holiday projects. It is never to early
to start Christmas projects. I miss dad so very much as this is our first Christmas
without him. He loved the holidays so much and always helped out with the Christmas dinner.
Hope you are enjoying your holiday with family and friends and may it be filled with
joy and happiness.

luv 2 learn,
Angela