
Day 4
12 Days of Christmas
Four Colly Birds
December 16, 2009
Celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas with Grandma's Attic. Every day from now until Christmas, we will have great gift giving items for sale. You'll want to check each day from now through the 24th to see what Grandma has for you this holiday season!
BABY STEPS BABY QUILT. No colly birds here, but we do have a fabulously fun quilt kit to stitch up! This adorable baby quilt kit was created by Darlene Zimmerman as part of her Clothesline Club 2009. Using the Story Time fabric collection by Robert Kaufman, this sweet quilt measures 53" x 53" when completed. All the fabrics you need to make the quilt top plus the full-color pattern are included.
12 Days of Christmas Fun Fact: We bet you've been singing the words to this verse as "Four Calling Birds" ever since you first learned the song. Most people do. Everyone seems to assume that there were four calling birds; however, the original words to the song back in 1780 are "Four Colly Birds." What's a colly bird, you ask? A colly bird (or colle) is a blackbird. They were generally baked into pies (but that's another song--"four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie"). Blackbirds are going to cost you almost $150 per bird, so you're looking at $599.96 for the flock of four.Grandma's 12 Days of Christmas Quote: "It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air." < W.T. Ellis, Author, 1826-1913 >
Our 12 Days of Christmas Quilt block was hand embroidered by Grandma Rachel using Aunt Martha's 12 Days of Christmas Pattern for Grandma's 12 Days of Christmas Block of the Month Club. You can also order the pattern by itself.







