These are my last gifts for Christmas and I even have them done a few days early! All of these are for my SIL's daughter's families. There are 2 daughters and they each have 2 kids. We are happy to be included in a lot of their family events. I don't other kids in my life and these 4 are a lot of fun. The first part of the gifts are family shirts. Both daughters went to JMU so each member of each family gets a JMU shirt in purple and gold. Working with complementary colors is always risky because when they blend you just get brown. There's a little brown in these but I did pretty good keeping the colors separated. Each of the kids get 2 more shirts. Eli and Ella are the ones I see most often because they live locally. They go to a school that has Seattle Seahawks colors so their Dad suggested shirts for school spirit days. These are their other 2 shirts and I suppose you can figure out which shirt is for which kid. Lincoln is the youngest of the 4 kids. I think he's 3 and he said he likes green and blue so that's what he got. Sawyer is the oldest of the 3 boys and his school colors are navy and white. He was also the only one of the kids that said he liked bright colors so I had some fun on his second shirt. My favorite of all the shirts is the navy and white one. All that's left is the gift wrapping!
I also dyed 16 more tea towels but I didn't get in the sewing room to iron them today. I had to do some shopping this morning after a productive visit to the chiropractor. Then I spent the afternoon baking bread and testing out a new cookie recipe. I'll iron the towels today and have them to share tomorrow. 12/20/2022 11:31:31 am
that is a lot of shirts - a lot of people do not have children so if you want to be around children now and then it is good to be included in extended family for sure. That is how one of my daughters does it. 12/20/2022 12:01:29 pm
Oh, I really like the design in the navy and white one. Lots of work, but great results. I am sure they will be loved to pieces.
patty
12/20/2022 01:50:00 pm
The shirts turned out fabulous!
Nancy Sumner
12/20/2022 08:39:57 pm
You are so incredibly productive! Hope they all love the T-shirts, as they turned out great. On my screen the purple and yellow look blue and yellow...Golden State Warriors colors is what I thought at first. Really nice job!
Swooze
12/20/2022 11:20:47 pm
Wow these are awesome!
Gene Black
12/21/2022 07:27:16 am
The purple and gold came out nicely. I am sure I would have had more brown - but then you have far more experience.
Rose Groth
12/21/2022 08:20:48 am
Love all the shirts! Great Christmas gifts!
Laceflower
12/21/2022 10:07:10 am
The T shirts turned out fantastic and I hear you, a pain to make. I made everyone bowl cozies, they take more time than you would think! We've had a huge dump of snow, unusual here, and my head is so focused on our upcoming move that snow dyeing didn't even occur to me. I'll have to remedy that this afternoon after our Zoom, cause of all the snow, Guild Cmas Social. Happy Solstice.
Kay Welch
12/21/2022 06:45:52 pm
The shirts are FANTASTIC!!! Everyone will love them, especially the kids. You are the queen of tie dye.
Mary Anne
12/22/2022 02:02:57 pm
There are going to be some happy kids and I suspect some very jealous friends too! Comments are closed.
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I'm Vicki Welsh and I've been making things as long as I can remember. I used to be a garment maker but transitioned to quilts about 20 years ago. Currently I'm into fabric dyeing, quilting, Zentangle, fabric postcards, fused glass and mosaic. I document my adventures here. Categories
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