Craft: Finished!

I finished! Rachael's cross-stitch that is. I started this when I was about 3 months pregnant with her, and just finished up a couple days ago.

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Here are some pictures of mine:

 I really enjoyed making this for our sweetie pie. I have one that someone made me when I was born and I appreciate it a lot. Cross-stitch is not hard at all, but it does take a lot of time.

Now it's time to go back to one that I was working on before we got pregnant and I switched to this project. 

Anyone else enjoy cross-stitch? Share your current project- I'd love to see it!

Christmas Stocking

My first quilting project! My first Christmas stocking! My first embroidery project! All for my first little girl!

I used the pattern from this delightful blog/store. Overall, it was not too difficult to make, one of the hardest parts was finding the fabric I wanted to use. I ended up buying a charm pack for the pieced front.

Some of the instructions were a little lacking in detail. Perhaps if I had more experience, I would not have found it confusing. In particular, I did not understand her instructions for attaching the cuff along the top, but I figured out a method that worked and I'm happy with how it turned out.

This was also the first time I used the embroidery function on my new sewing machine! It was actually really easy to set up and get it going! I used one test piece of fabric to figure out what to do and what I wanted it to look like, then I figured out where on the cuff fabric I would need the name, and voila! A personalized Christmas stocking! Yay!

Has anyone made anything to use for Christmas or decorating? I'd love to see!