2022 Christmas cards and tuck-ins

These are my 2022 exchange Christmas cards. They go to a special group of my online friends. I also enclosed some IFAQH hearts.

Machine embroidery penguins
from embroiderydesigns.com
These are redwork designs stitched on
felt and colored with pens.

IFAQH.com
I Found A Quilted Heart

Memorial ornament

This is a memorial ornament I made for my friend, Susan, in remembrance of her husband who died in December, 2022.

This is a machine embroidery pattern from
 Kreative Kiwi.com.

Fabric ornaments for Stitched Together friends

Here are some fabric ornaments that Kathy and I made for our Stitched Together friends. (2022)

Afghan knitting

I made these two afghans for myself to replace some older ones.  I used Premier Puzzle yarn for both of these. The teal one was Color #1050-18 (Dominos).  I don't know what the blue color is called. I used one of my favorite ripple patterns.

Felt kit ornaments

Emelie likes felt ornaments and Matthias likes red and white for Christmas decorations. This Bucilla Nordic Christmas kit seemed perfect to make for them. (Christmas 2022)

Pillowcases for Valentin

2023 will be the year for Valentin to receive his monthly pillowcases from Mimi. I finished the January and February ones in December and gifted the January pillowcase for his birthday (December 26).

Embellished craft tote

I finally made time to embellish my plain black craft tote with some cute fabric. I've been meaning to do this for a long time. I backed the appliques with interfacing, then glued them on and reinforced them by stitching them down.

Christmas 2022 ~ Stocking stuffers and ornaments

Christmas 2022

For stocking stuffers, everyone got a different "poop bag" with appropriate-appearing candy.  

And here are the 2022 ornaments I made for Iris, Sonja, Julia and Valentin, plus a couple for friends (1 not pictured). The machine embroidery deisgn is free from Kreative Kiwi.com. Free In the hoop Snow Globe (kreativekiwiembroidery.co.nz)

Machine embroidery on sweatshirts

These are shirts I embellished with machine embroidery for grandchildren for Christmas, 2022.

Christmas, 2022

for Iris

for Sonja

for Julia

for Valentin

The "magic basket"

 During some web surfing I found a video tutorial for this "magic basket", so I tried it.  (200) 퀼트 No.143 요술 바구니(Magic basket), 퀼트바구니 만들기, How to make, 네이버블로그 토마토캔디 - YouTube’

Laundry room hamper liners

I thought our laundry hamper liners were a little ragged from a cat clawing on them, so I sewed some new ones.

Placemats

 I made placemats for Leslie to coordinate with the table runner I made for her birthday.

Christmas, 2022

Gnome wall hanging for Sonja

 I got everyone involved in this gnome wall hanging to give to Sonja for her birthday (November, 2022). Sonja participated, too. The pattern is one block of Fat Cat Patterns quilt "Gnome for the Holidays".

Patriotic cross stitch card

Card made for a friend's husband to receive on his 2022 Honor Flight to Washington DC.

Chart: US flag eagle by DailyCrossStitch.com (2018)

Cross stitch pendibule

 This is a get-well gift for Kathy after her surgery in October of 2022. 

Bee Pendibule by Durene Jones

Machine embroidery scarecrows

I had fun making these machine embroidery scarecrows (from Kreativekiwi.com) for Leslie and Emelie's families. (2022)

Cross stitch birthday cards

 Birthday cards (2022) ...

For Sonja

For Shirley
(Durene Jones 2019 chart)

For Valentin
(Durene Jones 2021
Panda chart)

Machine embroidery nutcracker table runner

This nutcracker table runner is machine embroidery from designsbyjuju.com. I used the ITH Snowman table runner substituting the Nutcrackers applique in place of the snowmen. I gave it to Emelie for her October, 2022 birthday.

Knit tropical shawls

 I knit three of these shawls. The first one I gave to my sister-in-law, Phyllis. Her daughters, Kim and Chanda, both loved it, so I made them each one. (2022)

 

Yarn: Pemier Colorfusion Chunky
Color~Tropical
Pattern: One Row Handspun Scarf
Ravelry.com
Cast on 86 stitches, Size 11 needles

Along with the afghan for Chanda,
I sent this little zip pouch for Morgan.

Machine embroidery sweatshirt for Julia

 2022 machine embroidery sweatshirt for Julia.