Edward's Dot and More Zig Zag

I finally am pleased with one I made for Edward. It's not the first one I made, and it's not one I messed up on and kept so I could do a better one for someone else. Aaaah. This will be perfect for the summer. And yes, those are my hyacinth in the background, and they smell as good as you can imagine.
The pink zig zag fabric(the one Nicole used earlier for our friend Chrissy) has a sister fabric who parades around in red, and I'm in love with her. I fell head over heels for this one and had to make a blanket out of it. I truly think I'll make many more things out of this fabric. I adore it.

Vintage Raggedy Ann

I learned an important lesson making this car seat blanket: Never use stretch denim. For any reason. The inside of this one started out being stretch denim. I'd walk away from sewing, come back and the denim was bigger or smaller or foldy or something weird. Booo. The red with cream polka dots looks better anyway. (I used a little of the denim on the handles because I ran out of polka dots.)
I think this Raggedy Ann fabric is so sweet, but I don't really know anyone who "fits" it. I ended up using it for my friend, Angie's, new niece. They live in the Midwest. That works, right? :)

Jaynalee's baby girl!

My friend Jaynalee is having a baby girl - after three boys. We're thrilled for her and can't wait to see the darling! Just a few weeks left!

Squares for Lacy

We have officially run out of the brown and blue paisley fabric, which I didn't know until Lacy ordered it. AH! She asked for something "classic" for her little baby boy's car seat and trusted me to find the right fabric. That's a lot of pressure. I like it, so it must be good, right? :)
(I need to remove that airline sticker from my car seat model. How tacky.)

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?