A Custom Christmas: Wild Blue Yonder (Air Force) Santa

It's about time this house had an Air Force Santa! My dad served nearly 30 years, and Mr. Wonderful has served 16 years and counting. The Air Force has been my whole life. When I saw this freebie I had a dozen ideas for conversions but at the top of the list was an Air Force Santa, and here he is, in all his blue and silver glory!

Three great things about this design: 1) it's free! 2) it uses only a handful of colors so it's easy to do a color conversion, even if you've never done one, and 3) the space between his mittens is exactly an inch (on 14/28 ct. fabric) so you can put anything in his hands as long as it's about an inch wide. The possibilities for this little design are endless. I may do one every year!

Here are the details for my Wild Blue Yonder Santa: (original color--->my choice)

754--->3779
733--->mittens: DMC Etoile C318; border of coat: Petite Treasure Braid, silver
165--->DMC Etoile C415
730--->DMC Etoile C3799
309--->mouth: 3778; coat: 797
815--->820
739--->948
168--->03

I found the Air Force wings pin on Etsy. It's just pinned into the foam core the design is mounted on. I found the trim in the Christmas gift wrap section at Wal-Mart. He's stitched on 28 ct. natural linen with silver, from Fabric Flair, available at 123 Stitch.

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Yesterday's soup recipe needs some biscuits, doesn't it? These are perfect with tomato soup!

Cheddar-Garlic Biscuits

4 c. Bisquick

3/4 c. shredded cheddar cheese

1 1/3 c. milk

1/2 tsp. garlic powder

1/8 tsp. onion powder

parsley

Mix ingredients well and drop by 2 tablespoonfuls (I use a small cookie scoop) onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Bake at 375 for about 11 minutes. Meanwhile, combine:

6 Tbsp. melted butter

1/2 tsp. garlic powder

1/8 tsp. onion powder

pinch of salt

parsley

Brush onto warm biscuits. Using my small cookie scoop yields about 3 dozen.

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See y'all tomorrow for Day 4 of A Custom Christmas!