It turned out lovely! Did you print it on fabric?
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Thanks! Yes, printed on fabric then embroidered.
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I love her!
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I’ve finally got some Christmas presents made and am able to share them in here! I have left my Christmas crafting so late >_< I will try to do better next year!
Loads of aprons so far, with more to come. We’ve had our friendsmas and I’ve given some presents to my colleagues, so these are the ones that have been gifted so far.
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Wow, what great gifts! I love the “Bakers Gonna Bake” apron and the Netflix blanket is fun.
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I love the apron as well! I’m a big fan of machine embroidery in general.
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Bluey!! 
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I was going to send off all my domestic Christmas parcels this weekend. The biggest ones are for my mum and siblings. They’re basically done, I just need to finish the cards. The parcels are cheerful even though we’ve had a bad year with a Covid death and several very ill people in the family.
But now the year has gotten even worse: last week my sister’s MIL was diagnosed with terminal cancer and they’ll soon learn more about her life expectancy, yesterday one of my mother’s closest friends experienced complications from routine surgery and she’s at her deathbed now. She has long-term health issues but this is very unexpected. She will be the 3rd important person in my mother’s life to pass away this year.
I’m not sure what to do with my cheerful gifts now. I don’t want to send nothing (that would basically say: “I’m sorry you’re going through a rough time so you’re not getting anything for Christmas”) but I don’t have time to craft something more appropriate. I’m considering telling them something is on the way for them, it was made weeks ago, please open up when you feel in the mood for it. And then send separate “thinking of you” cards.
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I’m so sorry to learn of all of these sad things happening to your family all at once 
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Some more Christmas gifts that I gave to my colleagues today 
Last night I had my silhouette machine and embroidery machine going at once! It was a real little sweatshop in my studio 
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I’m so sorry this is happening to your friends and family.
As for your gifts I think sending them with a note that says that they were made with the intention to bring some cheer to a really hard year and they can use that to decide if they need to be in a certain mood to open them. Also sending a thinking of you card separately is a fine idea, too.
In any case I would still send the gifts, knowing someone thinks of you so much as to make cheering gifts would be a healing thought in itself.
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You’re a talented painter!!
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It’s been awhile since I checked in with this thread and so much has been going on. @Immaculata my heart goes out to your family and I hope you found the comforting way to send your gifts.
Everyone else has been making wonderful gifts! 
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In the end I decided to just call my mother and sister to tell them that I sent out Christmas gifts and that they were made a while ago and that they should open it when they feel they’re in the mood for something cheerful. So I did ruin the surprise a bit but it’s for a good reason.
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First round of holiday treats is finished. I wanted chocolate oatmeal no bakes, my childhood favorite.
Next up, oatmeal raisin for my husband and my DD wants to make peanut butter blossoms. 
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So the school year has ended in a blur, and I already don’t know what day it is.
I managed to make 9 (not small) Christmas presents for my colleagues, at the least I needed to make 4. No where near my goal, but better than the minimum.
I love that all of my presents were so well received, it’s just the best!
Next year I think it would be best to get all of my presents made before December, so that I can just slow down and enjoy it. On the plus side, I know I won’t have to move schools next year, so that takes a massive load off.
Sorry if I’m rambling, my puppies have been waking each other up and barking ALL. NIGHT… for days. I feel like a zombie.
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Making 9 presents is still a lot! The pictures you posted looked great, I’m not surprised your coworkers were thrilled to receive them.
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