A blanket

Here's the blanket I made. I found the Bible scene fabric like six months ago for $1 a yard and I got some because it was cheap and cute. I thought it would make a good blanket, so I made a rag quilt also.  I haven't washed it yet to poof up the edges, but I think it turned out well.  I made Brian help me clip all the edges because it was so tedious.

A Blankie for Tanner

I, too, have finished my blanket. I wanted to make a rag quilt and decided to make one for Tanner. So here it is. I enjoyed sewing it together. I did not enjoy cutting out the blocks (I've already said that I'm not good with a rotary cutter!) or cutting the seams to make them rag. In fact, that part was downright tedious. I have fabric to make two more rag blankets, but I'm rethinking that right now.

Also, I wanted to post a picture of a dress I made Janet. It sat on my sewing machine for 9 months. It was a pain because it was totally lined. I think it's cute; however, I fear the top was too big and the skirt too tight. Sarah is making alterations for us, so maybe at some point, Janet will post a picture of her wearing it.

Skirt- it's only a couple months short :)

So, back in July when we had the skirt challenge, my sewing machine broke and had to go in for some repairs, and I didn't get to do the skirt challenge.  But, here it is!  I had a white skirt that I loved and Janet loved it, too.  While I was on my mission, she had it in her ownership and then I took it back.  This past summer I decided I'd make my own and let her have the original white skirt.

I think it turned out ok.  Ben was upset that I wouldn't change my shirt, but I'm pretty sure no one here cares.

Grandma Blanket #1

My Grandma Scoresby had a tradition of making a quilt for each of her grandchildren when they got married.  When my she passed away, she left lots of quilts in various stages of completion: finished, all done except the binding, the quilt top finished, the quilt squares cut out, and then just the fabric.  At the next family reunion, much of the time was spent finishing as many of the blankets as we could.  The blankets were then distributed to the grandchildren in descending age order as far as the finished quilts went, and then the remaining grandchildren picked what tops they wanted, etc.  I was lucky enough to get one that only needed to be bound.

This is Emily modeling her Grandma quilt.

While we were working on the various blankets, I noticed some scraps of fabric that looked very familiar and then some that I just really liked.  I secretly took the fabric squares and vowed that I would turn them into some more grandma blankets for nieces or daughters (it was all girl fabric).  This past spring I picked up the fabric that Mom had been graciously storing for me and starting figuring out how I would turn them into a blanket.  The squares weren't the same size, and the fabric was flimsy polyester stuff.  I eventually figured out what I was going to do, and tonight I finished the birdies completing the first of two Grandma blankets.

The green and purple squares are the original Grandma fabric.  I added the white minky fabric and then the purple butterfly flannel for the backing. I decided to try a new style to self-bind the blanket and give it the border.  It was not nearly as easy as the tutorial on the internet made it out to be.  I would not suggest it!  And, then I also forgot how I was supposed to layer the top, batting, and back and ended up with the batting outside on the first try.  I wasn't about to pick it all out, so I just cut the batting off and resewed it the right way.

Even though it isn't perfect and does have flaw, I'm excited that at least one child will have a Great-Grandma blanket.  Hopefully, Ben will be wrong and we'll have at least one girl so our boys won't be traumatized by using a purple blanket...