The  students were supplied with different colors and textures of fabric, ribbon, and lace to create a winter scene of their dreams. Perhaps they were thinking of skiing, sledding, tossing snowballs, making snowmen, or sipping cocoa by a fire. These scenic winter beauties that our students created were loved by everyone in their family, and became a calming welcome addition to the winter holiday decor in their homes. For example, Mariel’s arctic landscape (below) hangs above a fireplace in her guest room.

I love the simplicity of this student’s winter scene as shown above. Its rustic design would nicely complement farmhouse country decor. The student combined lace, chenille fabric, warm and natural quilt batting, and fabric from a repurposed shower curtain to create the snow covered sky, hills, and ground. The eye naturally focuses on the different fabric shades of greenery she picked for the pine trees.

As much as you can feel the chill in the air as you look at Jolene’s wintery scene with how she used different textures of white and cream fabric to create her snow, you can also feel the warmth from the faint light peaking through the window created by the fireplace in the log cabin.