Hello blog! Have you been feeling neglected lately? Well, I have a pretty good excuse. I didn't really make anything in December. I was a little distracted by these two:
Jaxson and Bronx were born on December 5th and we are all doing very well. As much as I hate to admit it, progress in the sewing end is going to be slow for awhile. I am working on fitting in a little bit of "me" time every day, but I'm still figuring it all out. Having twins is a lot of work.
I did, however, finish up a few things before they arrived. Did you notice the little hats? I made them myself. Well, not the hats - those are from Target. But I DID embroider the names on them. We were afraid we wouldn't be able to tell the difference between them. Turns out they are NOT identical and we have been able to tell them apart easily from the very beginning.
My original plan was to sew the names on by machine, using a satin stitch. However, my machine is very difficult when it comes to sewing stitches that are in any way close together so I eventually gave up and did the satin stitches by hand. It was something for me to work on while I was "resting" on the couch during those last few weeks of pregnancy.
I also made these for their stockings.
Obviously, I still need to make the stockings, but these will be the front cuffs. I made stockings for the Hubby and me way back when - they have crosstitched cuffs as well.
I designed them myself!
Aren't they cute?
Wish me luck as I figure out how to incorporate two newborns in with the rest of my life!
