It's Not Christmas, But I thought I'd Share...

I'm such a perfectionist, most of the time, but there are those days when nothing seems to go the way I planned.  I was designing the special quilt below (Special Quilts...Miss Caroline) and found the most adorable embroideries to incorporate:  Fairies!  I ♥ed the little faces, the sweet, little girl outfits, and the rolled curls they had in their hair.  I adjusted colors with my digitizing program and made them 'just so' to match the green flowered fabric I was working with...and then...my long day of embroidering lots of little fairies became oh, so much longer.  The embroideries wouldn't embroider smooth; or the bobbin thread came up through the top in bubbles; or I'd complete one beautifully and then cut the 'on point' squares, incorrectly!!!  Uggh!  So...I'd tear off my stablizer and throw that fairy aside.  I just couldn't stand to toss something so adorable that took 50+ minutes to embroider...with lots of color changes.  Once I finally completed all the fairies I needed for Miss Caroline's beautiful quilt...I kept looking back over at those ones I had cut wrong.  What to do, what to do?  I'd started making Christmas stockings for other clients...mostly 'school spirit' inspired...and I thought...'wouldn't those make adorable stockings?'  Why yes, yes they would.  So I got to work...with my quilt scraps...and here's what I made!!!  I ♥ them!  They are so charming...and perfect for the two little girls I sent them too!!!  They ♥ed their Christmas surprise!