advent sew-along: week 2

How's your advent coming along?  I just barely finished my week 1 assignment late last night.  Ruby has been trying to thwart my progress, but I learned this week that it is possible to hold a sleeping baby and embroider at the same time.  I couldn't fall behind in the first week!

This is what my advent looks like so far:

It is a little more colorful than my typical Christmas decor, but Oscar is thrilled (even though he has no idea what it is).  We're going to have a lot of fun with this.


I decided to cut my backing piece a little larger to have room for a bigger tree, so mine measures 22x36 inches.  I am also doing a double layer for the back to hide my stitches and give the whole thing a bit more weight.  Once all the details are sewn onto the front, I'll sew the two layers together.

Here is your week 2 assignment:

• Cut your tree shape
• Sew the tree to your backing piece
• Sew 8 ornaments

I'll have some ornament templates posted for you asap.   In the meantime, I'd love to see what you've been up to!  If you'd like to share, post your progress to the Homemade by You flickr group.