2014 Christmas Gifts

Hi Creative People,

I know it's been a long time since my last post! Although, I have a long list of excuses, I will spare you the boredom of my life issues! Let's just start with I am back and I hope to be a bit more consistent with posting. Since I have been MFB (missing from blogging) I have still been plugging away sewing. I figured I will catch you guys up with some of the things I have been into...

Well, over the 2014 holiday season, I created some Christmas presents for my favorite family, my niece, her husband and their children! I really enjoyed making these items for them and needless to say, they loved it! They gave me their permission to share the photos on my blog! I have an awesome family!!

I purchased all of the materials from JoAnn's when they were having a big sale on their flannels during the holiday season. The challenges I came across while making these pieces is that I had a hard time finding suitable fabric for an adult male without making him feel juvenile. When I finally found some fabric for my nephew-in-law, the father of the family, I only had enough to make him some lounge pants, I really wanted to make him a robe like the rest of the family, but he was happy! Either way, I didn't even mind going to several JoAnn's in my area to find suitable fabric...any excuse to go to JoAnn's is a good excuse!! Can you tell I have an obsession with JoAnn's. :)

These are the pants and robes completed in my sewing room.
This is for my nephew:

 This is for my niece:

 This is for my great nephew:

 These are for my great-nieces:

The pictures following, are them on Christmas Day modeling for my blog post!

This is the bottom half of the father of the bunch. my handsome nephew-in-law...as you can see, he is a bit too tall to get in the full frame of the picture! hahahaha!

This is the mother of the bunch, my beautiful niece...I made her robe a little too big, but since it's a robe, I am sure she should be comfortable. She loves it!

This is their oldest son, my handsome great nephew, with his new robe that I made for him, he loves it! He is too cute!!

These beautiful young ladies are the youngest of the family, and yes, they are twins! I made these robes in their favorite colors, the oldest twin loves purple and the youngest loves pink and the words on the robes say 'I love mommy and daddy'. Although I chose the same colored pattern for their robes, I included their favorite colored belts to distinguish the robes. They loved it too!!

Again, I really enjoyed making these Christmas presents for my favorite family and they were very impressed! It's nothing better than a handmade gift, made with love! Win,Win for all!

Thanks for reading!
Happy Sewing!