I've been making hand-tied baby blankets to give away at baby showers for years. You may remember my uber long post describing this in detail. Well, I have learned a whole new style and I'm LOVING it.
While at the baby shower for J, one of the ladies made a blanket and my friend, Teresa (remember her? she's the wine rock star that knows all things crafty too...oh, and she can cook too...that lucky Peter) says, "oh, I forgot about that style of blanket". Of course, Teresa is a magician with fabric and sewing machine. And all I had to do was ask, and she said "sure, I'll teach you how to make one".
I mentioned the upcoming lesson to Donna (she's my friend that got me started with the hand-tied baby blankets) and she was in too! We went to Teresa's for a lesson (which is really funny because I used fabric that Teresa had given me) and we each had a blanket in a couple of hours. I was spoiled when I used one of her many fine sewing machines...my machine is like a Ford Fusion and Teresa's is a Lamborghini.....I am NOT buying a new machine.
Today was my first attempt at making one on my own. I did make two quick calls to Donna for encouragement and questions....there is SO MUCH MATH in sewing these. I did make a silly mistake on my first piece of fabric, had to run to JoAnn's for thread, and still it turned out pretty darn cute. I'm all ready for the baby shower on Thursday.
Then, because I was having such a good time, wanted to prove that I could make one without making yet another silly mistake, plus I really LOVED the fabric, (and the weather is too awful to go outside) I made another one. It was so much quicker the second time around.
This one turned out so perfect and I LOVE the fabric. Can you see how both prints have itty bitty hearts? ADORABLE. I just might have to keep this one for Vesper because I don't think I can part with it!!!
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