When Sonja was here over Christmas, we made this drawstring bag with a machine embroidery hummingbird (OESD Hummingbirds and Honeysuckle3). It was fun sewing with her, and she did a beautiful job. I think her intend was to give it to a friend.

Family Christmas cards

 I made some machine embroidery cards for the family.  Designs from DBJJ (Vinttage Sketch)

Machine embroidery cellphone holder

I made this machine embroidery eyeglass case into a cross-body cellphone holder for Kathy. The design is from Embroidery Garden "Monogram Pleated Eyeglass Case" to which I added the strap so she can have it nearby when she's expecting a call.

CCS Northern Lights Polar Bear

I ended up making two of these polar bear ornaments. Leslie's was stitched on 22ct. Zweigart Hardanger stitched 2 over 1 (I think), and I made my own with 14 ct. Aida stitched 3 over 1.

Leslie's

Mine

Christmas pillow cover

 

This pillow cover was made with Christmas fabric that I've had for quite some time. I finally decided what to do with it. I used this video tutorial:

(624) How to sew a Zipper into a Pillow Back // Great for Quilted Pillow Covers! - YouTube  I ended up sewing the front and back pieces with wrong sides together then adding binding around it. The binding makes it look a bit like cording (but it's not, and so much easier).

Christmas ornaments

 

These ornaments were made for Julia and Valentin for Christmas, 2024. I made them fairly flat hoping they would make it through the mail with one international stamp to 
Germany. They made it!

Rag wreath

This is a rag wreath made with scraps of Christmas fabric tied onto a metal wreath frame. This project was presented by one of the members of my Stitched Together group. She provided the wreath forms, and we each brought our pre-cut fabric scraps. It was a fun project.