we need a little christmas now

I think I was able to come through for everyone who needed something pseudo-last-minute for Christmas. And I can honestly say, I have no outstanding orders at this time. Okay, except for two pairs of bloomers for a baby due in February. And they're not newborn size. This SWEET outfit was for a Christmas card photo . . .

And just some classic Christmasy-but-can-be-worn-year-round applique initials . . .

{Please ignore the smudge on many of the pictures in this post. A certain 2-year-old at my house likes playing with my camera!}

Kelly's Kids top and nightgown for a sweet friend {and Kelly's Kids rep} . . .

Sweet design to match some pants out of the green minky {tree} fabric . . .



A hostess gift for the hubs' work party . . .

Simple, yet so cute! I need to do one of those for myself! Some more dish towels for the sister-in-law to give as gifts {these are really cute too! I think she said she found them at Homegoods.} . . .



A sweater a friend is giving her dad as a gift. Although I fear I put the embroidery too high. I'm a little perfectionist about these things. It's really hard to do grown-up stuff because I know just where to put designs on kids' clothes, but not so much on the grown up stuff . . .

In the future, I would prefer for the subject to put on the garment and mark the appropriate place for embroidery. At least until I get the hang of it! I also used solvy interfacing on top of the sweater, which washes away, but looks a little like plastic pieces are sticking out until it is washed!

And this is for the little 4-year-old girl we pulled off of the angel tree at Evynne's school. She asked for clothes . . .

We got an Osh Kosh jogging suit that was hot pink with navy and other colored flowers on it so I made this to match. I really hope she likes it!

This is a gift for my M-I-L {aka, Snowy}. I think I stole this idea from a Mustard Seeds kids' shirt . . .

And finally, some of our friends are getting a trip for Christmas. Can you guess where to? . . .





Pillowcases for autographs {another stolen idea from another monogrammer -- so cute!} . . .

And now all we need is a little Christmas break!

seventeen

In case you're wondering what seveteen sweatshirts looks like, here you go . . .

Now that's a lot! These are for a group of aspiring twirlers who are marching in a local Christmas Parade tomorrow night! I think they will be precious!

And I'm glad to have that checked off my list!

initials

Obviously, with what I do, I do a lot of initials. Recently, I did several with the little dots on either side of the first initial . . .





It's a nice way to change things up for me since I do so many monogrammed things for my own girls . . .

How simple and cute to go with these Kelly's Kids tights . . .

The applique initial is also a popular favorite for customers . . .



One of my favorite fonts, sunny . . .

I wish pictures of navy didn't look so bad! And finally, just a simple monogram on a white shirt . . .

This is a great way to get one shirt to go with lots of things!

{In case you wondering what I've been up to, I'm currently about 2/3 of the way done with 17 sweatshirts for a Christmas parade!}

it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

I'm not sure how you do it at your house, but at mine, just about every room looks a little something like this right now . . .

I love the Christmas season! I've had a lot of fun doing some sewing to get ready for it too . . .

Lots of jammies. Below are Kelly's Kids jammies for a whole group of cousins . . .



This turtleneck is for Evynne. Grandmomma made her a red minky skirt to go with it {bought the fabric at a Hollywood Baby fabric sale a few years ago and am finally putting it to use to match something I have for Elly} . . .



Also for Evynne . . .

Elly has a red shirt that was Evynne's three years ago and it has one ornament with all three initials in the dot fabric. I wanted Evynne's to be similar, but not exact. This is what I came up with and I am pleased with the result . . .

And I just love this nativity . . .

For a friend's little girl, but maybe next year my girls will have this design.

For a big girl of another friend . . .

I really like how this turned out to go with a red skirt . . .

And even for those who like to keep it simple . . .

I'm surprising myself this year and have gotten the monogramming part of two teacher gifts done already! . . .

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!!

all dressed up

This pink dress for Elly is an example of one of those times where I debated what to do about thread color and regretted my decision. I originally was going to do all brown, but since the letters overlap a little, I was afraid they might not stand out and be legible. I opted to outline each letter in a different color pulled from the fabric. I don't love it. I think the brown would've looked just fine.

So, I still have to do the matching one for Evynne and hers will most definitely be outlined in all brown. I figure that's more fitting for a big girl anyway.

I thought this one for a friend's little girl turned out precious . . .



And I also really like this one I did for Evynne . . .

She wanted a butterfly so I tried to make it a little less "springy" in color. She will wear this with brown leggings. Elly will have a coordinating one that will have a yellow gingham body and she will wear hers with yellow leggings.