Christmas gifts to my family

Hi friends,

I am finally editing the pictures of the gifts I made to my parents and siblings. Unfortunately, I realize that forgot to photograph a couple of them... Ah well.

Here are the scarves I made for each of my siblings:

From left to right: the first scarf is for my older sister (the eldest), in a fancy "eyelash" wool; the second one is for my younger sis, in mohair wool; the last scarf is for my older brother; I cut it from fleece, and embroidered a little snake on the scarf; I also embroidered a fleece hat to match.

I do not know how to hand-knit... But I used a knitting loom to knit the first two scarves. This is totally unknown in France but I was asked to participate in a Canadian (Quebec) loom-knitting group to translate online patterns for them. I finally had to buy one! This is where Ebay is a great ressource to buy stuff from the American continent!

Here is my little sister's kitty blanket, in the only place of the flat where it could lay flat - on the bed:

My sister loved it, so it was WELL worth the work!

For my elder sister, a wallhanging quilt:

Each of the 16 panels is stitched separately before they are all assembled; I then sewed French lace all around (funnily, French lace is called "English lace" in French!), and then added a layer of batting and a lilac lining. I coordinated the colours to her home decor, and she loved it too

I embroidered a pair of boxer shorts for each guy in the family - my brother, my BIL and Seb.

Seb got a kitty one:

("P'tite Mignonne" is what we most often call Violette: "Little Cutie")

And my brother and BIL each got a monkey one:

"This is MINE! I know I can't wear it, but I don't care! Meow!"

I embroidered a fleece sweater for Seb and another one for my BIL, but apparently forgot to photograph my BIL's sweater!
Here's the one for Seb:

It was impossible to do the colours justice in photographing this dark fleece! That's the best I could do... (my BIL's sweater has a Miro-inspired bird on it)

I finally ended up making something for my parents, besides the expresso-capuccino machine we got them. Their gifts pile would have been too scarce otherwise!

For my mother, a Sunbonnet/crinoline lady:

For my father, I stitched two bookmarks whileI was in Lille, but forgot to take pictures!!

I also stitched this little chicken for my Grandma while I was in Lille:

Stitched over one on 28-ct linen

As for me, I was spoiled by my family with wonderful, thoughtful gifts!
Stashwise, my mother spotted a fabric store that was closing out nearby and was having a huge clearance sale, so she bought me a BIG box of fabrics; among them are three pieces of silk - the kind of fabric I would never dare to buy myself! Now I need to find the perfect patterns for those...