Bugs!

My sister, Jen, is due with her fourth boy any second. I made the froggy car seat blanket for her months ago - before all the fantastic improvements we've made. Of course I had to make a totally different car seat blanket with bugs fabric for her. The contrasting handles made my day.

Laurens' Twin Boys

My cousin Lauren is having twin boys! I'm so excited for her! Congrats, Lauren! You'll be a perfect mom!

Green Dot

We did the Charlie Brown Zig Zag with this Green Dot for our friend Chrissy who is having twins - one boy and one girl. They were so fun to do together. Coordinating, yet different. Congrats Chrissy, and good luck!

Charlie Brown Zig Zag

I proposed marriage to this fabric when we met at the store. This is the first car seat blanket I made with it. Now I'd like to make a thousand other things with it. Sigh.
Yes, that's some awesome yellow polka dots on the handles.

Amelia

My friend Melanie had her baby Amelia just weeks before Edward. I'm just now getting around to getting her a baby gift. Classy, huh? I loved doing this one for her. The red minky was so different and fun to put with brown.

Toile for Katy

The minky on this car seat blanket is even thicker and more slippery than regular minky, but the end result is so satisfying that I don't mind. I hope this is girly enough...
(Only close-ups for this one because I didn't notice how messy the room behind the car seat was until I brought the picture up on the computer. Sorry.)

Tammy's

I told Tammy I could finish this polka dot with brown minky for her before the year was over. Of course I ended up finishing it on the last day of the year. Bah! I think it turned out nice, though. I liked having that really deep brown minky fabric to work with.

Jared's baby girl

Dan's friend at work, Jared, is expecting his first baby - a girl. That's the good news. The bad news? His wife is only 25 weeks along and she's already in the hospital due to her amniotic fluid levels being low. She's miserable, and she's been there for three weeks. I hope this blanket will cheer her up and help her get excited for the arrival of their new bundle of wonder!

Brody

I love working with the minky. Yes, it takes more time, but it's so rewarding seeing it done and feeling how soft it is!

I've changed the corners of the bottom part of the blanket. Mine drags on the ground if I set it down and I don't care to have ickiness on my baby. Now they don't drag! Hooray!

This one turned out so fun! My friend Kelly has two kids. We were lucky enough to be pregnant at the same time with both of our babies. This one's for you, baby Brody!

MaryAnn's Giveaway and Alissa's Gift

I didn't want to post pictures until I knew their blankets made it to them. I'm hoping Alissa's made it to her. :)

I've been working on an improvement. One of my complaints with the plain blanket is this: My baby is asleep in the car seat and the handle is in the lowered position. I pull the handle up to carry him around, and the viser stays down while the handle comes up - along with the blanket. Now the blanket has fallen on my baby's head and wakes him up. Grr.

No more of that, though! What do you think?

Here's MaryAnn's frog giveaway:




And here's Alissa's gift for her baby boy coming in January:





I almost forgot to show and tell about the thank yous I made to match the cover for Alissa. They're 4.5" x 5" flat cards with envelopes. I should've taken a picture of it put all together since I wrapped them in a strip of dotted fabric from the top of the blanket. SO cute! Since I didn't take a picture of hers, this is a picture of my friend Melanie's gift I'm giving to her for her baby Phoebe. It shows how cute they are printed and all wrapped up ready to give - a perfect little "extra" for the mom.

More Pink Paisley

My favorite thing lately is finding a fabric scrap that works as a nice contrast for the handles on the car seat blanket. Any more of this hot pink gingham would have been too much of a good thing, but I love it in this small dose.
The right light on minky fabric makes it look as soft as it is, no?

Brittney's Giveaway Car Seat Blanket

Even though this fabric was hard to work with (the quilted side), I thought the end result was pretty cool. Brittney (one of our giveaway winners) wanted to have something paisley that didn't look too girly. Because it's for a boy.

I also did a really girly car seat blanket over the weekend. Since I finished it in the middle of the night, my pictures turned out bad bad bad. (I couldn't get the flash to work and yet it wasn't bright enough either. What the heck?) Anyway, the close up of the fabrics wasn't too bad. I was so excited to find Amy Butler's Dandelion fabric in pink!

I Do Not Judge

My best friend asked me to make her a car seat blanket (for her friend) with a New York Giants theme. I think this goes above and beyond supporting the team, but I'm happy to have a challenge. They make college-themed fabric too. Just so you know. :)

Dandelion Fields

This car seat blanket is for a boy, right? :) I used green polka dot fabric on the handles because I'm guessing the white minky will attract dirt. (How sad is the grass in my back yard?!)

Giveaway Winners!!

By random drawing, our two winners have been chosen!

Congratulations Atkinson Family and Mary Ann Carlile!

Please email carseatblanket@gmail.com to give us your fabric choice and your mailing address.