This little project is for a couple of baby blankets. I just don't seem to have the time to sew lately but I made the time for this project.
I'm going to be an aunt! (yes, I'm already an aunt, but who doesn't love brand spankin new babies!)
If you haven't noticed...I'm making two little baby quilts. One seems girlish, one boyish.....it's twins folks! My sister in law is having the first grandbabies on that side of the family that don't belong to me. My kids are finally getting some cousins on daddy's side! It's kind of funny because the SIL said (of her Grandma) "I may not be able to give you your first great grandaughter, I may not be able to give you your first great grandson, but I do get to give you the first set of twins!"
I'm pretty stoked about how these turned out considering that I had a) no pattern b) no instructions c) these are the first actual quilts I've started and completed. I LOVE them and kind of want to keep one to cuddle with. Gotta make some more soon!!
So, this was actually pretty simple. I went lazy since I didn't have a plan and didn't have really any idea of how much material I needed and did not want to have a bunch of expensive material left over. For each quilt I bought 6 fat quarters and got a yard and a half of materal for the back. Each fat quarter got cut into 4 squares. I bought baby quilt size batting and pinned it all together. Instead of tying or traditional quilting (which I would have NO idea how to attempt) I just did a circle on the sewing machine (part of the button-hole selection) where I would have tied it. I didn't want to do tie's because they can come undone and then ruin the quilt.
Annnnnnd....
Voila!
Baby girl's name starts with an "A"
Baby boy's name starts with an "S"
"Our" babies are due at the end of May. However, SIL has been having some issues and has been on bed rest for the last month or so and still has about another 6 weeks or so to go. The baby shower that had been planned had to be post-poned (which totally helped me out) so I'll be shipping these off to TX probably next week.
