Sara ordered a baby pink dottie swaddle blanket from our etsy shop and wanted a car seat blanket that would "go" with it. She chose chocolate brown Moda dottie fabric and ivory minky with the baby pink Moda dottie fabric on the handles. (I had to make a tiny quilt with batting for the handles because the brown dottie was so dark that it was showing through the pink dottie.) That minky fabric really is irresistible, isn't it?
I made this one with one of my favorite fabrics - Amy Butler Dandelion Fields in "mist." I decided to try doing a reversible blanket and I put another Amy Butler fabric, Daisy Bouquet, on the back. I would so keep this one if I had a reason to. It's feminine without being over-the-top - exactly what I would want. Hope you enjoy it, Christine!
I forgot to post these pictures after I made the blankets, but not because they weren't cute enough. My Mom requested these for some friends who just had twins - a boy and a girl. I love happy colors!
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? :)
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.)
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.
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.
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.)
