Baby Elliott

Baby Elliott received one last present. The chevron fabric is the main fabric for his room decorations. I used HST to make the chevrons from the rest of the fabric. I wasn't sure how chevron fabric would look in a chevron pattern but I love the final product.

I think I will need to embroider something on every single thing I make from now on.

The back is the same black minky that was used in the snuggler.

Baby Snuggly

True to self, I did not make the third shower gift until the day of induction. The third came from ProbablyActually.

The outside is the same baby blue dots, with black minky for the inside.

I had planned on monogramming this as well, but decided it would look funny on a snuggler. Maybe I would have been wrong.

This was a fun, quick project. These might be regular for any new winter baby gifts I need in the future.

Shower Quickie

A few weeks ago, my daughter told me her best friend had invited me to her baby shower. I should have asked more questions at that time. The Friday before the Saturday shower, my daughter confirmed if I was going to the shower "tomorrow" with her.

It would have made to much sense for me to go to the store and buy a gift. Instead, I headed to the fabric store and planned three (yes, 3!!) gifts that would need to be made by the next day. Since Friday night also included a basketball game, it was late before getting started. Once again, failure. I was able to make two of the three gifts.

The baby's room was to be decorated in baby blue, gray, black and red chevrons.

I used the self-binding baby blanket tutorial from Quilted Works to create a receiving blanket. The front is a quilter's cotton, with black/white chevron flannel for the back.

I made two burp clothes out of gray flannel.

I think she loved the monogrammed gifts, despite being short one. She will receive the third when the baby is born.