Christmas Sewing

This Christmas I was able to do a little sewing mixed in the quilting. I went to a class at the stitch-n-frame.net to make these sweet little dresses. I made one for each of the three youngest grand daughters. Luckily for me all the parents are football fans and both teams are black and gold...Southern Miss Eagles and Missouri Tigers.

I made baby Harlie her Christmas stocking to match her Mom and Dad's. Then I made my snowman pillow just for fun from a pattern in a recent quilting magazine. I will have to look up the designer's name.
I have been making these Santa wall hangings the last two years and this one was gift for a friend. I do not usually get much sewing done around the holidays because I am embroidering so many items but this year was a little different for various reasons. I know I will miss the time to sit and sew but I can cherish the feeling when something comes together I am making for someone else.

The quilts were a hit!!!

The Sock Monkeys and quilts were given to the babies for Christmas. I think they were all happy with their quilts and new friends. Hunt and Laney gave their monkeys a squeeze and posed for their picture with the quilts.
The baby Harlie, who is one year old was not too sure of the sock monkey but she did like the quilt. I think Mommy and Daddy liked it as well.

Christmas came and went so fast as it always does. I was very concerned about having a Christmas with out our youngest daughter at home but Macintosh came through. We were able to see her and her husband on the iphones and have spent a lot of time face timing. Christmas day we were able to video chat through gmail and see them both as they opened their gifts. Technology in this instance certainly brought us closer together.

Hey! Hey! We're the Monkeys

I did it! I finished all four monkey quilts using the Anita Goodesign monkey embroidery CD, in time for Christmas!
I also made each of my little monkeys a sock monkey of their own.
It was fun to watch each one come together. I made four quilts similar but not identical for our four youngest grand (monkeys) children. I named the series of quilts, the title of this post and each quilt was assigned a number 1 through 4 to correspond with the age of its recipient.
#1 goes to 1 year old Harlie, #2 is for 2 year old Laney, #3 is for 3 year old Arely, and #4 goes to 4 year old Hunt. I hope they will all go "bananas" for their quilts and new friend.