take me out to the ballgame

i made this shirt right after the grey t shirt was done.  eric chose navy 3/4 sleeves and a navy collar after an old shirt of his that has since fallen to pieces.  i think he saw aaron and jacob's little picture day shirts and wanted one too, hehe!

while the arms are not topstitched all that well, by the time i got to the collar, my topstitching was impressively straight and even.  the toughest part was figuring out what tension to use since the navy fabric was much thinner than the grey jersey knit.  

he loved the shirt!  yay!  i have so many projects backed up in my cue that i'm not even sure what i'm trying to tackle next.  sigh.  but for now, must finish 19 report cards by next tuesday!

xmas stocking for me!

in my office, we hang socks before winter break and everyone leaves each other little treats to help us make it to the long break.  those last couple weeks are tough!  since i don't have any socks to spare, i decided to quilt myself a stocking.  i had made similar ones for a coworker liz and for mia, jimmy's dog, 2 years ago.  this stocking was actually started at the same time, but then school and torn acl's got in the way, so i only got a chance to finish it this november.

so not a fan of quilting.  i do find these stockings to be kinda fun-looking though.  i'm just so glad to be done with it finally.  'round back:

i lost my back panel in that green fabric.  really don't know where i put it.  so, i used more of the green striped shirting fabric.  here's the stocking hung up at work!  it got a bit soaked in the snow that seeped into my backpack!