I love living abroad and all the adventures it comes with, but one of the harder parts is definitely not being part of long-time friend's daily lives... I've made plenty of close new friends along the way but there's something bittersweet about going back home for the holidays and seeing all the season's of life (good and bad) that you weren't there to share... Even though I'm not as good at it as I would like (anyone will tell you communication via phone is not my thing), I'm always trying to find a special way to let the people I don't share my day to day with know that I'm thinking of them.

So when my old college roommate told me she was pregnant I really wanted to give her daughter in-the-making something special, even something a bit time consuming, so she would know that I was thinking of them for how ever many hours it took to make.

Here's a step-by-step how to, complete with a printable pattern to scale for all future dreamers in your life :)

Would you like to see more cushion DIYs like this? Need more info on the embroidery techniques? Let me know below!

pppssssttt- if you like this post but maybe want to start with something a little easier, check out my embroidered basket!