Four Fun Onesies

Hey there, Stitchy Peeps!

So.....I did not get all the ornaments stitched yet. Eeeps! But I have a good excuse. I was busy making these:



Cute, right?? A dear friend is having a baby soon, and when I saw that onesies were on her gift registry, I got busy stitching.





The bunny and the birdies are my favorites:




Three of the four patterns are from Sublime Stitching...Emily Martin of Inside A Black Apple designed these cuties, and I thought they were perfect for the onesies. The piggy is from a small sheet of transfers that I purchased at Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft.

So, I beg of you, please do not be mad at me for not having the ornies done. I know I promised you that I would have pictures of completed ornaments, and I will have some soon, I swear.

How about until I have pics of all three, I just show you the one I have finished. Miss Paula, this is for you, darling:



I'm afraid this is nothing to brag about, my friends. My sewing skills are not so hot. Oh well, I still like it.

Here's the front:



And the back:



I learned something while I was putting this together: Hand sewing is far from relaxing when you're tired, stressed, and your youngest refuses to sleep even though it's far past his bedtime. Hmmph! I need to muster up some energy before I sit down and sew the other two ornaments.

I also need to muster up some energy to work on some Christmas gifts for my brother and his wife. Yikes, people! I have a lot to do!! I better wrap up this post and get busy! I will back soon with more stitchy goodness. Until then...

Happy Stitching!

Brobee Shirt & Some Ornament Progress

Hey there, Stitchy Peeps!

I finished the Brobee shirt last night! YAY ME!!



This was fun to make, though I somehow managed to breeze through nearly two skeins of black floss in the process...which is kinda odd since the only actual stitching is the outlining of the monster, along with the satin stitched uni brow and eyeballs. :) All the color was done by crayon tinting.

The pattern is a simply a coloring page from the Nick Jr. website, which I traced with my handy-dandy Sulky pen and ironed onto the shirt. What's totally awesome is the plain white shirt was half the price of what a pre-made Brobee shirt would've cost me at the store. That's the only real money that was spent on this project, since the pattern was free, and I already had the crayons and floss. Double yay!

Ok, moving on...

I got the fabric and ribbon for my ornaments-to-be. I am quite pleased with my selections. :)



I decided to go with non-Christmas fabric for the backing for a couple reasons. One, it was hard to me to find Christmas-themed material in turquoise. Though I am sure it's out there, I was kinda in a hurry and didn't have a lot of time to search. Two, the little quarters at Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft were perfect for what I am doing, and I didn't have to wait in line at the cutting table. (I looooove not waiting in line at the cutting table.)

I am such a dummy-head sometimes, people! I forgot to bring the embroidered pieces with me to the store! It makes matching a little more challenging when you don't have your stuff with ya!

I think I did an ok job.







Ok, that's it for me! I've got to get busy with these ornaments. I would really like to knock 'em out this weekend, but I don't know if that'll happen. We'll see. :) I will be back soon with pics of the finished ornaments. Until then...

Happy Stitching!

Glimpses of Christmas, Part 3

Hey there, Stitchy Peeps!

Lookee here!





(Pattern by Wild Olive.)

I just love the little frown-y faces, don't you?

This is the third little ornament-to-be that I recently embroidered. Soon I will be hand sewing this and two others (this one and this one) into ornaments for our Christmas tree. I have to go through my stash of fabric to see if I have anything appropriate to back these with, or if I have to (get to!) go to the fabric store and purchase something new. As much I like going to the fabric store, I really hope I have something in my collection so I can start sewing these ASAP. Though I long for a sewing machine, I really do enjoy hand sewing. It's soothing, much like embroidery and cross stitch.

Well, that's all for now, folks! I have just a little bit of work left on the WIP shirt for my son, so be on the lookout for pics of a completed tee. Until then...

Happy Stitching!

Glimpses of Christmas, Part 2

Hey there, Stitchy Peeps!

So, after I wrapped up last night's post, I got busy stitching again and made this:






(Pattern by Wild Olive.)

I ♥ crayon tinting. I need to get myself of big ol' box of Crayolas. Most of my kiddos' crayons are the washable kind, so while I have a gazillion crayons in my house, only 16 of them are suitable to use for tinting linens. Oh darn, gotta go shopping for art supplies. ;)

All righty, I will be back again soon with more stitchy goodness. Until then...

Happy Stitching!

Glimpses of Christmas

Hey there, Stitchy Peeps!

I whipped up a little something tonight. I don't know about you, but I think it is pretty darn adorable. :)







This adorable pattern is by the talented Mollie Johanson of Wild Olive. If you have not checked out Mollie's blog yet, I highly suggest you get over there right now. You will NOT be disappointed!

So, this was my first attempt at crayon tinting...not too shabby, eh? This was much easier than I thought, and I really love the results. I actually colored this guy while I was on the phone...including setting the crayon with the iron...that's how easy this process is. Pimp Stitch has an awesome tutorial that I found to be very helpful.

This is just a little glimpse of what I have been working on. I am still in the beginning stages of most of my projects, but man-oh-man are they coming along nicely so far! I am super stoked about the way this cute little ornament turned out, and can't wait to be able to show you what else I am working on. I will be back soon with pictures, I promise! Until then...

Happy Stitching!