Christmas projests

A couple of bowl cozies to go with
my Christmas dishes

An Advent Calendar I've been
wanting to make

Little machine embroidery "hopper"
for the Advent Calendar

Kathy and I made a little Goodness
for the Stitched Together ladies.

Coasters

Turtle foot mop

 

Here's a turtle foot mop. 
Leave it on the floor; use 
your foot to wipe up water drips.  

Christmas Ornaments

These are the machine embroidery ornaments I made for the grandchildren, 2025...

For Julia and Valentin

For Iris and Sonja

Christmas cards and tuck-ins

 These are my 2025 Christmas cards for family and my forum friends.

Card made with picture of ornament 
I stitched in 2023.

I made these cross stitch ornaments
to tuck in with the forum friends'
Christmas cards. They are from Lesley
Teare's free 2024 Christmas sampler.

These are cards I sent to Emelie
and Leslie's families. They are
machine embroidery designs from OESD

I used the same Lesley Teare designs
to make a few puffy ornamentys
for Emelie.

CCS flatfols

I made this CCS kneeling Santa flatfold for my friend, Shirley, for her December birthday.

Embellished shirts

 

Dragon for Sonja
BElieve THEre is GOOD for Iris

Baby gifts

Bunny Blanket Buddy from 

Lionbrand Yarns (free pattern)

Machine embroidery Lolly Dolly 

from DesignsbyJuJu  

 My friend, Shirley, became a great grandmother. I made a couple toys for the new baby boy.

Machine embroidery fall wreath

Rope wreath with machine embroidery 

leaves from Kreative Kiwi

I've had this idea for years and finally had the inspiration to actually do it.

Rope trivets

 In April I started making rope trivets. Apparently, they are addictive. I made enough to give to several friends as well as my sisters-in-law and a several nieces. I still kept one for myself and want to do one more for myself.

Cross stitch BD cards

 Here are a few cross stitch designs that I made into greeting cards.

Emelie’s BD card“Autumn morning”
free cross stitch pattern
designed by Maria Brovko

Shirley's BD card

Sonja's BD card
from EmmasArtandDesignCo 
(Etsy)

Valentin's BD card
from 2024 Emmas Art & Design Co.

Julia's 2026 BD card
JustCrossStitch Christmas 2025
(modified Winter Fox Sampler)

Stitched Together nametags

Our Stitched Together group is growing and we needed more nametags. I think I made a total of 9 this year.

Rose Buds-Stitched Together

 Satin r

ose bud made at Stitched Together. One I made and one someone else made.

Tablecloths for Emelie

Tablecloths made with Emelie for her table - one for spring/fall and one for Christmas season.

Crafting with grandchildren

 

Julia wanted to try cross stitching.
I set her up with an easy
blue and yellow flower. 

She also picked a small fox design to stitch.

 

Sonja wanted a dragon on '
her sweatshirt that said
"Books are ROARsome" 

    

We made quilted hearts for the
IFAQH.com project so
that they could make them
on their own at home.

Julia wanted a pincushion
like mine, so we made one. 

Julia bought a small pair of
scissors at Quilting Mayhen
but they didn't come
with a holder, so we made one.
We used a machine embroidery
design originally intended for a
hair clip.

The grandchildren love to make pillows.
Sonja decorated both sides of hers.

Here's Julia working on a pillow for Papa.

Julia made this pillow for Valentin.