I like to make gifts, but I am very good at waiting until the last minute to get a project rolling. With an upcoming baby shower for a very good friend, I managed to find inspiration for an adorable project for making baby blocks out of minkee fabric and embroidered animals and letters.
The credit (and very excellent instructions) can be found at Embroidery Library Projects. I almost exclusively rely on Embroidery Library for all my embroidery pattern needs. They are affordable, you can pick and choose exactly what you want, the site is very search friendly, your account stores your design purchases for life, they often have deals and birthday bonuses, and I could go on and on. It's also a great site to send your friends and family so they can pick out something that they want you to embroider for that special occasion or project.
I used the Pets on Parade and the Furry Friends of the Forest for some of the blocks I have made to date. For the letters, I used the Fun Applique Alphabet. Another handy tidbit comes from having nephews born with first names and middle names that are both 5 letters long. For these boys, I made sure I had letters that could spell their first names on one side of blocks, while also having letters to spell their middle names on the other side. Now the joke is that the names are going to start getting longer in the future to see how many more blocks I can make! 
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