As most of you already know, I sewed a cute ladybug for little baby Lia and Niki and Flavio to give to them when they got back. I couldn’t put pictures up until now because we just gave it to them on Saturday and then I forgot to take pictures before so Niki took some of it for me yesterday. And now that she has put it on her blog, I can put it on mine.

I didn’t have a pattern or anything, just a picture off the internet and a very helpful husband to get it all done. I had a BLAST working on it and it was a neat experience for two reasons:
1) I got to make something for two of my dearest friends and their new, very special little girl, and
2) I learned that I am maybe a better sewer than I gave myself credit for.

I hope that doesn’t sound to prideful but I am very proud of the way it turned out! Every time I saw it I still couldn’t believe that I had made that. Here are some pictures:

The front

The back. I sewed in some loops for a dowel for easy hanging.

I had people in the ward come and write little messages to baby Lia under the black spots. Peekaboo!!

So mom, thanks for teaching me how to sew all those many years ago! And Niki, you are so very welcome and so deserving! We all love you guys and hope that it will be something you will cherish forever.