Simple Baby Blanket Gift

 

I'm so excited to share this little project with you. It's always fun to try something for the first time and have it turn out the way you envisioned it. 

I've never worked with minky fabric before, just for the fact that I've heard how hard it is to work with when sewing it. Well, I was adventurous and set out to make a blanket for my sweet neighbor who just had her baby.

I followed this great tutorial from How Does She. The only thing I did differently was that I added a LOT more pins. After sewing three sides of the blanket, I noticed that the minky fabric had slid to one side so much that it was all lop sided. So after unstitching the entire thing (not fun) and starting over, I decided to add more pins and it worked like a charm. It also helped me to sew slower because I had to remove all those pins as I went, which I think helped keep the fabric in place as well.

 

I also used the left over minky fabric to make some wash cloths.

Besides having to start over on the blanket the first time, it really didn't take that long to sew the blanket. I'm excited at how well it turned out and can't wait to make more for quick baby gifts.

 

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Monogrammed Canvas Tote

My daughter has the most wonderful piano teacher who's kind, patient, and so encouraging. Lilly bug has been taking piano for just over a year now and still loves it! Thank you Mrs. Snow!

We wanted to thank her for all she's done for our daughter so I made this cute canvas tote for her. She also plays the piano and organ at our church, so we figured she could use a bag to carry all her music books in.

I used scraps of fabric that I had to make a ruffle and fabric flower. For the ruffle I used fabric that was 3"x21".  Using the widest straight stitch on a sewing machine sew all the way down the middle then pull on the thread to gather the fabric to look like a ruffle. Pin in place on the tote and sew the ruffle down the middle. 


For instructions on how to make a fabric flower go here. After making your flower, hot glue the flower on. 


For the letter,  I ironed some Ultra Heat-N-Bond (red package) to the fabic then used my Silhoutte to cut the letter out and ironed it on to the tote. Viola!


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Texture Book

I've been busy making some fun little projects for my little guy. He's still too little to enjoy them but soon enough right?

This is my attempt to make this darling texture book that Vanessa over at Lella Boutique created. You can find her tutorial and patterns here. If you have a moment, go check out her amazing projects, she is a very talented seamstress! 

For the lettering, normally I would have used my cricut to cut the letters out of the fabric but I think my blade needs replacing so I went the long route and used the cricut to cut the letters out on cardstock then traced them onto the fabric adhered to Heat'N'Bond iron-adhesive and then cut them out. 

If you follow her great tutorials you can't go wrong. She also recommends washing the texture book to fray the clipped edges, I haven't done this yet but will because it makes it even cuter! It's also the perfect size to fit in the diaper bag!

Fabric Color Book

I'm not a seamtress by any means but when I saw this cute little color book here, the preschool teacher in me thought it would be fun to make and it was! Once again, my little guy isn't old enough to enjoy it yet but it's been fun for me to work on these projects for him!