Sock Monkeys!

I think Nicole and I are going bananas with our SIX kids this week. We both made car seat canopies with monkeys this week. (How did that happen, by the way? Six kids?! Remember when we thought we'd never have children?) 

Eek! I love that I positioned the monkey right in the middle of the handle. It makes it appear as though the monkey is riding the handle. Bahaha!

Hullabaloo and Barrel of Monkeys

Nicole adopted twins just four months ago, right? You'd never know with how she can still crank out a car seat blanket (or two) just for fun. Here are her latest creations, for sale now in our shop, The Butterfly Net.

Ty Pennington Fabric?!

While I was at Material Girls last month, I noticed a darling line of fabric. I looked at the edge of the bolt for the designer, and noticed it was Ty Pennington. What?! It's great! Here's my first project with it. Darling for a boy car seat canopy, no? Buy it in The Butterfly Net on Etsy's shop.

Amy Butler is Green With Envy

So one of my favorite places to get fabric, Material Girls Quilts, had a sale for St. Patrick's Day. 

Everything with a green background was on sale. Bonus! 

Oh, and I love Amy Butler prints. Always.

Buy this now in our shop! 

I Go Fandango

I fell in love with Kate Spain's line Fandango. I had to buy enough to make four (you read that right, FOUR) car seat blankets/canopies. I loved how they all turned out! One each in cream, pink, green, and blue. Buy one in our shop, The Butterfly Net.

Remember, our car seat canopies have elastic to tuck in behind the visor. A snug and perfect fit every time! Plus, we never buy in bulk or mass-produce. Each canopy is hand-made in a smoke-free and pet-free home.

Hoot! Hoot!

I bought this Riley Blake "Hooty" fabric for no particular reason quite a while ago.  When I didn't buy enough blue minky for a quilt I'm making, but it was enough for a car seat blanket, I thought it was serendipitous.  That's right!  I just used a $5 word.  Trust me that this is adorable in person, in case you're distracted by my snowy patio.

car seat canopy with elastic

Flowers - More Girls!

Another girl car seat blanket for the shop. This one is minky, too, and oh so cozy. I love the big print. It's rare to find big prints for our blankets, but I think they look so much better in bigger prints, don't you?

car seat canopy with elastic

Time For Something Sweet

We recently noticed that our shop was low on the girl car seat blankets.  What the...?!  I had to get a couple of back fabrics, but I already had the tops of these next two.

This one is going to be familiar.  Not to worry, it's the last of this Michael Miller fabric.  I'm not going to drive two hours round trip to get any more of it.

car seat canopy with elastic

I bought this top fabric ages ago.  The stripe I bought to go with it was too masculine for this pretty print, so it's been in the stash.  I think winter white minky was the perfect compliment.

car seat canopy with elastic

Woodland in Orange and Blue Car Seat Blankets

I had to buy both of these. I thought they would be cute together, then I found the perfect flannel to pair them both with, so voila! Two blankets. Know someone with twins? These would be SO CUTE side-by-side!

car seat canopy with elastic

car seat canopy with elastic

car seat canopy with elastic

car seat canopy with elastic

Michael Miller Black and Lime Dots

I've made two car seat blankets out of this awesome dot fabric from Michael Miller. The first one (made with black striped minky) sold within a couple of days. I know I almost kept the gray minky one for my baby.

car seat canopy with elastic

Rat Race!

I laughed out loud (literally) when I saw this fabric. I had to do a car seat blanket out of it. Too funny! I paired it with a charcoal gray minky that is so soft I want to make sheets out of it. Seriously. Anyway, buy it here.

car seat canopy with elastic-tucked back

I thought my love affair with Michael Miller's "Plain Jane" fabric had ended because I couldn't find it at any of my usual fabric store haunts.  In fact, I had only seen the giant daisies in one store ever.  I happened to be at that far away store and noticed they had a little bit of the black and red left.  Irresistible.  So here is the last one.  For real:

OK - maybe it's not the last one.  I might have enough of the navy and yellow giant daisy (this store was hiding it, I'm sure of it) to make one of those...

One of the first car seat blankets I made was with the blue version of this sweet toy parade.  The color is so gentle and "baby" and lovely, but it doesn't photograph well.  At least I don't photograph it well.

Just trust me - especially with the minky, this one is delicious.

Cowboy and Cotton Blossoms

Now that the weather is cooler, we're back in the mood for minky.  This first one was a special order - her main request was cow fabric to match the interior of her car seat.  I knew I'd seen it everywhere, so I told her it was no problem.  Before I went to every store I know of and found out that everyone loves them some cow fabric.  BAH.  Luckily it was very easy to find online - that just meant an extra week or two to get the order out.

The next one is more of Moda's Cotton Blossoms, this time in red.  Kristi made a pink one and it was so beautiful that it didn't last in the etsy shop for very long.  This one also has minky on the inside.  Very snuggly.

Popular Plain Jane

If I had known many many months ago that the navy, yellow, and white daisy fabric of Michael Miller's Plain Jane line was going to be so popular, I would have bought a lot more of it.  Instead, I had to scour the land for some of the small daisies (the big daisy print is long gone).  This was a custom order - different because I used minky on the back.  (Somehow we've kept our promise that every blanket is unique!)

BLISSfully Sweet

I went to The Quilting Cottage for something completely unrelated, and ended up with this fabric in stead. I had to get some and make this car seat blanket out of it. Again, I was sad for a nano-second that my baby isn't a girl. So many cute fabric choices out there for girls! This one is Moda's new line, "Bliss." And, yes, the bottom is that yummy paisley minky. I look forward to making more minky car seat blankets soon now that the weather is turning colder. So cuddle-y and warm!