More Boy Stuff

I recently took a trip to the fabric store and only bought fabric for boy car seat blankets. It was hard. Not because I don't like boy colors or boys in general, there is just not much to choose from. What the heck, fabric designers? Throw me a bone.

So I bought some bug fabric I've used before and paired it with a cool blue flannel:

(My back drop for the next few months will be my dirty patio. Enjoy.)

Then I found this awesome fabric for someone who is having a real boy and needs the world to know it.

How fun is that?! Both sides of that one are flannel - nice and soft. If you're into that. :)

White Elephant

It's true I've used Michael Miller's animals fabric before (above - back when my grass looked awesome), but I think I've complained about the lack of baby boy-looking fabric enough that it makes it okay for me to use it again. Last time I used the blue dots on brown for the other side. This time it's the turquoise dots on brown. See? Different. Also, the animals are facing north and south instead of east and west. But you noticed that. :)

Another Amy Butler Combo

Finally some time off to sew (something other than the quilt I'm working on, I mean)! Here is another Amy Butler Love car seat blanket. I promise the next five or six car seat blankets that I make will be for boys. At least the next two. :)
My grass is so ugly right now! Add the fact that it gets dark at 4:30 and that equals I need to find a new place to photograph these things. Sigh.

Back to Work

I'm slowly getting rid of my stash of fabric for car seat covers (and adding to my other stash of scraps and whatever for quilts). Here are three from the last week or so. I haven't fallen in love with boy fabric for a while, so I'm doing dots for boys. Anyone seen anything new for boys? I'm on a fabric fast (except for custom orders - throw me a bone, people) during the month of November. What am I missing out on?

Amy Butler's Memento in navy blue and Sunspots in wine. I really like this one.

Can't believe I haven't already made this already, what with my love of Moda Dottie fabric and need for boy car seat covers. This isn't a great photo - it's very cuddly in real life.
I'm finally calling it - that is black, not midnight blue. I used black thread. It's black. Right?

Can't Stay Away From Black & White

I'm always tempted by the black and white fabrics. And they look really cool on the car seat, too.

The One Left Behind

In my marathon of making car seat blankets for the boutique, there was one that didn't get made. I'm kind of glad, because a friend of mine bought it the other day and it will be perfect for her sister-in-law. The sister-in-law is having her 4th girl in a few weeks. We're thinking she might be done with pink. :)

(First time using my sewing room/office to take the picture. I'm kind of happy about the result. Maybe I won't have to go all the way upstairs and outside for the photo shoots anymore.)

Boutique Success

Saturday October 10th we had our first boutique. The morning was very cold, so the crowds were thin. I wish I could say it warmed up, but the wind was so bitter!

The good news is we sold some fun blankets from our inventory. The better news for you is that we have a bunch of car seat blankets left over to put up in The Butterfly Net Shop. We're putting one new car seat blanket up every day so keep checking to see the new surprises! New Amy Butler, Michael Miller, and Moda - all great car seat blankets!

Here are some pictures to pique your interest:

Last Ones... For Real This Time

This is it! These are the last ones I'm making before tomorrow. I should have been done earlier, but as I was leaving the fabric store with my no-good-ivory-thread (unbeknown to me at the time), I saw the new Amy Butler fabric near the door. Who? What? What?! Of course I bought some. Later on that. Here are the boy car seat blankets:

This is as close as I've been to making the same cover twice. The difference is this one is reversible and I made the chocolate on blue the "wrap around" this time. Hmmm. Looks the same.

Vintage style cowboys & cowgirls at a rodeo. Why do I always have a cowboy one?

And now, the one that stopped me in my tracks when I was so close to being done. I love these colors, but I never would have put them together. Amy Butler is a genius! If my sister, Allyn, was having a baby girl, this would be her's. And I would insist that she do all her baby stuff in this color. I'm in charge like that.

Fun Stuff for the Boutique

We've been sewing like crazy the last few days getting ready for the Tuscany Neighborhood Boutique on Saturday, October 10th (THIS SATURDAY - BAH!). We won't be putting these in the shop until after the boutique, if they don't sell. We also have great "babysitter" bags to go with some of these car seat blankets. And trick-or-treat bags! Like I said, we've been sewing like crazy. Hope to see you there!


And finally, a boy blanket (I'm doing two more boy ones right now... after I type this):

New Fabric Crush

I'm not totally over Riley Blake (there's one on deck right now), but I'm really liking Patricia Bravo's Girly Girl line. The colors are fun, the patterns are interesting. The names she's given them, however, are kind of lame. Seriously... "Dangling Ovals"? I don't think so.
I'd like to make an argument for orange. It's not the new pink or anything, but it's a happy color. Give it a chance, coach!

Oh, Hello Fabric I've Had For Six Months

That's right - everything is getting made in anticipation of our first boutique. Even the stuff I've had sitting around for six months. I should have made it earlier since it turned out so nice.

First Boutique

We're going to be at the Tuscany Neighborhood Boutique on October 10th! Once we decided to do it, we both knew we would need to sew a lot for the next few weeks. Here are the two I finished yesterday.
Lime green is just a cool color and the black made it pretty dramatic. This one is reversible.

Here is a close up of the handle of the Zoo Animals and Gum Ball Dots car seat blanket I did yesterday. Also reversible.

If you live in the area (the boutique is in Herriman), come see us and all our stuff in person. :)

More Paisleys!

My cousin-in-law Kelly's sister is having her first baby - a boy! Kelly saw the Green Paisley Car Seat Blanket we did for someone else and asked me to do one like it for her sister. Of course it had to be a little different, and it's just as great! I love this line of fabric from Riley Blake (obviously, we've now done four car seat blankets with it).

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

My friend Shari was an online mommy mentor (is that even a term? It is now). She has ordered in the past and now wants another car seat blanket for a friend who is a huge Disney fan. I found this darling fabric and had to do some super-soft minky on the back for it. Baby coming didn't cooperate during the ultrasound, so gender-neutral is the key - did I succeed?

Just Me?

I love the 1930s and 1940s prints that have made their way back into the fabric stores. They remind me of my Grandma's house - the kind of dolls she had there (my Mom's dolls) and the books. I walked around the fabric store with Michael Miller's vintage style "Roller Coaster" (one word?) for a good fifteen minutes before I bought some. Couldn't decide if I would be the only person who would like it. Am I? Anyway, I thought the end result was really sweet.