Hello again! It seems all I needed to do to get my little one to decide she was okay sleeping on her own - at least at the beginning of the night - was to tell the internet that she wouldn't let me have any time to myself. Maybe she's worried about what her future friends will think when… Continue reading A Hello and a Goodbye: Gray Chevron Elephant Baby Blanket
Hi friends! It's been a crazy couple months around here. Our DIY kitchen renovation pretty much took over my life as we pushed to finish before new baby arrived (haha - definitely not going to happen!). I was still able to juggle a bit of sewing and blogging in the midst of it all, but then this pregnancy… Continue reading More Sewing for the Little Ones: An Elephant Blanket and a Replacement Banks
Hello friends! It's been awhile. Right after my last post, we packed up our little family of three and headed east to Glacier National Park to join my parents and my brother and his family in a little over a week of outdoor fun. I loved getting away and into the wild, but it's true what they say: any… Continue reading Showering Pincushion Treats with Elephants
I've made so many of these baby blankets that I'm not sure there's anything left to say. They're cute, they're quick to make, and sometimes they even become the little recipient's must-have blanket. The pink bear I made back in 2011 became just such a blanket. Maybe this cute blue elephant will fill the same… Continue reading Another Baby Shower, Another Baby Blanket
It seems like ever since I started sewing, I've had a ton of friends having babies. And, because I was introduced very early on in my sewing career to the Cotton Ginny's Animal Blankets and Ball pattern through the sewing classes that came with the purchase of my machine, nearly every single one of those friends… Continue reading Dragons
This month's sewing class project was to make quilted placemats. I wasn't that excited about them when I heard about them, and I knew I had another giraffe blanket in my near future (first make is here). Yes, another friend having a baby. There must be something in the water. When I got to class and… Continue reading The Rogue Giraffe
The dog blanket is finished, and I have to admit I'm pretty pleased with this puppy. Even my embroidery is starting to get better. Making the dog's head was simple. I used the pattern for the bear head, sans bear ears. Instead, I drafted ears that would flop to the side and were about as… Continue reading Squirrel!
The unicorn blanket is finally finished - just in the nick of time. The baby shower is two days away. After the last post, I picked up some white yarn with a bit of sparkle and crinkle from my local craft chain store, thanks to the suggestions of gingermakes and Tanit-Isis. It wasn't the sparkliest of… Continue reading Rainbows and Unicorns: Completed
My friends continue to have babies, and I continue to make them animal blankets. For these particular friends I was planning on making a bear. A super cute brown bear. Then I saw the future baby's room. It contained more pink and more fairies than I'd ever seen in one place. The brown bear was… Continue reading Rainbows and Unicorns
My plan to draft a giraffe's head for my current animal blanket was to narrow the pattern for the hippo's head. But, when I finally sat down to do it, there were so many different pattern pieces involved that it didn't seem like it would be a quick process. After a few moments pondering, I… Continue reading A Giraffe Blanket
