This year I really wanted to make a lot of the Christmas presents we gave. I had such a great time doing it! I don't think I specifically thought, "I'm going to make presents this year," I just found things that I could make and decided to do it. I was watching Psych and saw this awesome pineapple quilt and knew my brother who is on a mission would love one like that. He loves Psych and it's super cold where he is!
I found the pattern for the pineapples here.
(Sweet Girl wanted to model it)
(this was my awesome packing job, it fit into a large flat rate box!)
This is the first real quilt I've every actually made by myself. I've tied quilts before, but when I did that it was just two pieces of material with batting in between. I've done a few block quilts (one was just a tiny blanket and isn't quite square) and another block quilt I made I had help with. But this one, this one was much more intricate than anything else I've ever done. I also put two blankets on the inside so it is SUPER thick! It took a long time to make, but I am super happy with how it turned out!
I found these adorable dress up aprons on Pinterest. They looked pretty easy to make (and they were) so I decided to try it out! I had so much fun making them! I made a Princess Aurora apron first.
Then I made a nurse apron, and a few regular aprons. Then I made an Elsa apron for one of our nieces.
One of my favorite features of these dress up aprons is that they are easy to put on and take off. Easy enough that Sweet Girl can put them on and take them off herself, and since she is pretty independent these days, it is perfect!
(Silly girl didn't want her picture taken, so she started taking them off)
We had my Sweet Sister-in-law's family for Christmas on my Sweet Husband's side.
I've loved this idea of a cross-stitched family portrait ever since I saw it on pinterest!
I plan to make one for our family too, it just hasn't happened yet.
I had so much fun looking through pictures and finding outfits they had that I could recreate in the cross-stitch. And I also had fun adding little things about them that they like!
I put it in a cute frame, but apparently forgot to take a picture of it at that stage.
I've loved this idea of a cross-stitched family portrait ever since I saw it on pinterest!
I plan to make one for our family too, it just hasn't happened yet.
I had so much fun looking through pictures and finding outfits they had that I could recreate in the cross-stitch. And I also had fun adding little things about them that they like!
I put it in a cute frame, but apparently forgot to take a picture of it at that stage.
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