Worked on the bias, with a true curve in the top, this candy cane ornament required some heavy thinking and experimentation. Once again, thank goodness for high school geometry. If your kids ever ask “Why do we have to do geometry? What possible relevance can this have to real life?” just show them this post (and the wreath post, three days ago).

I could not pass up this hand-embroidered bedspread at an estate sale last month (November 2005). It cost fifty cents. Lucky me!

I’m thinking that the center panel would make a pretty curtain, maybe for a bathroom. It also has embroidery at the top. What a treasure!