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Goofy Santa
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Some years ago when I was working on a Christmas book, my DH Dana drew a sketch of Santa.
From the look of him he was dubbed Goofy Santa. G.S. didn’t fit in and never found a place to be. He was filed away.
A couple weeks ago, I told Dana, “We’re pulling out Goofy Santa!”
His face lit up.
“You’re going to pick all the fabrics and I’ll show you how to make the fusible-web templates,” I continued.
“Um…. oh… kay….”
I finished rendering his pencil sketch in Illustrator and printed it out. I turned him loose on my fabric stash and he started pulling out traditional Christmassy reds and greens.
I was working on something else, quietly enjoying the fact that Dana was having a good time in my world. I looked over and saw this.
Cue the Alfred Hitchcock music.
“What’s that?” I asked, pointing to the purple orange, and chartreuse anomaly.
“I thought that would be good for the hat,” he said.
“It doesn’t go,” I said.
“What doesn’t go?” he asked.
“That,” I repeated.
“It’s all just wavelengths,” he countered.
“It’s not gonna work,” I maintained.
“But… I really like it,” he wistfully replied.
Okay! It was at that juncture that I tossed all the traditional reds and greens aside and told him, “We’re making a non-traditional Santa!”
Then he was like a kid in a candy store, quickly assembling other fabrics to go with the purple and orange hat. Then I showed him each step of the fusible appliqué process, and he did everything except the sewing.
I give you… Dana’s Goofy Santa.
Happy holidays!
Kay
By Kay Mackenzie
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I love his Goofy Santa!!! Perfect!!!
So cute! Thank you for sharing it. Like “A rose by any other name”-a Santa in any other color or fabric is still the same.
Hey Kay – I see a co-designer in your future! Very cute and funky – would make a cute wall hanging or even at the side of Christmas placemats or on a tablerunner. Waiting to see what else Dana has been designing :)
This is the best Santa. I thought we all made them like this lol
A lesson I’ve taught my children from a young age is that looks should not matter to them, differences should be embraced.
Each year we have made something at a Holiday that is different from all the rest, a red patchwork pumpkin in a field of traditional ones, a variegated penguin, a Blue Snowman, well you get the idea.
You’ve got a great teaching tool there. Brilliant idea. We love it. Hope to see a whole series from Dana.
Ila in Maine
Oh, I love this!!! He is adorable!!! I am going to work on a goofy santa mug rug!!! Thanks so much!!! And I will also print a few out for my grandson to color, he will love it. He is 3 1/2 years old now and loves Christmas!!
I love it! thanks for the free pdf.
Love this – quite the inspiration your Dana!
I love him and thank your hubby for the funny image. I think he would be great on some place mats and or maybe a sweatshirt. Thanks.
love it! couldn’t be better!
That is a fun design and love the fun fabrics you used.
Debbie
He’s a wonderful Santa, Dana! Thanks for the PDF, too.
Thanks for the pattern. I love Dana’s color choices. Have a Merry Christmas!
I love this post! It really cracked me up… my hubby also enjoys my hobby. It’s so much fun to watch them play!