Blocks to remember our overseas Christmases

Last year when I was in Germany for the Christmas markets and to visit my friend Claudia, we stumbled upon a lady selling quilt fabric.  It was all Christmas fabric so I chose one to include in my quilt to remember what I thought was going to be our only overseas Christmas.  It's a blue fabric with white snowflakes.

Now, here we were again.... about to celebrate our second Christmas in the UK.  When we were in Birmingham I caught a bus to a quilt store not all that far out of the city to buy some background fabrics.  I saw this red fabric and thought it would be a good one to include as a memento of our second Christmas here.

So here are my two Christmas blocks.