Christmas Jammies

One of my Families Traditions was on Christmas eve we'd open one present, a pair of Pajamas. Something nice, warm, and Christmasy. I've been continuing this tradition with my daughters.

 Sophia and I Christmas Eve 2007 In Christmas Jammies

Christmas Morning 2008. With Uncle Brad and Puppy Bella

Annalilia and Sophia Christmas Eve 2009. 

This year I got brave and decided to sew them myself. This was my first time making pants, It was far easier than I had ever expected.

I took a pair of Pants that fit Annalilia Really well, They're a bit too short, but The legs and waist are perfect

With the front of the pants on a fold I cut 2 pieces, folded right sides together and stitched up the leg, stopping at the crotch.

Turn 1 leg right side out, and stuff it inside the other leg,

Sew along the inseam

Unfold the legs from each other,  Double fold a casing for the elastic band to slide into. Remember to leave an opening. I also double stitched the crotch by ironing the fold open, and sewing 1/4 inch away from the seam. 
I hemed the pants, (A little too short I think... Whoopsies) and Appliqued a little matching top. I am not a pattern follower and The only shirts I know how to make aren't exactly jammies, So I opted for a plain $5 t shirt that I dressed up with Scraps. I love the way It looks and even if It makes it for 1 night it will be worth my time. 

And a pair for Sophia. They're Cute, and Similar, without matching, And the girls each picked out their own Fabric for them. Too cute, right?

Cutest freaking wreath ever!

I mean ugh, I made a modest wreath that I am pleased with.
When my sister was pregnant I had to figure out what to give her son Foster as a baby present and found this tutorial for a wreath, Jacinda at Prudent Baby, had put a little owl stuffie on the wreath and I thought it was too cute for words. I set out to remake the wreath but as always changed it a bit to make it mine. At the time I had no idea I would one day be blogging so there are no 'in progress' shots of it, We'll have to settle for as much detail as I can provide.

I picked out the colours based on Baby Foster's room Decor and ended up with 5 different colours; one of which is for the owl itself. You can use as few, or as many as you'd like. I want to do a Christmas version of this in silver, and blue (Perhaps I should celebrate Hanukkah, it has a much nicer colour scheme than Christmas) To start off I did a chain 20, turn, chain 1, single crochet 20, turn, chain 1... etc.

Here's a lesson on how to do a single crochet

I switched out the colours randomly. If your yarn is all the same weight then it will have a nice straight line, since I used yarns of different sizes it's quite wavey, but it's the back. Who cares! Keep going until you have enough to wrap around your wreath form. I don't remember the size of wreath form I bought, It was from Michaels and cost $6.99. Once you have a length of crochet long enough to wrap your form than crochet the two ends together, and hand sew, or do a single crochet, looping through both ends of the wreath cover to stretch it and pull it together along the back. Overall this process took about an hour to do. Nice and simple. You can leave it like this, You can add some feathers or flowers, a bow, or Seasonal ornaments.
 I decided to make an amigurami owl to put on top. I followed this pattern

If you try this Please Please Please send me a picture, I want to see how it turned out.
I appreciate comments. Thanks for checking it out.