Girl on the Rocks

Sewing stuff for babies November 21, 2005

Filed under: non-knitting related — karrie @ 2:49 pm

i had a weird urge to sew a baby blanket… It is
the perfect excuse to try out some embroidery.

If you read my blog and know me, and are going to
have a baby, don’t spoil the surprise and tell the baby about this. I took some
cute cotton fabric and backed it with flannel to make a baby blanket and a burp
cloth. Then I added a decorative zigzag topstitch. i amazed even myself by
washing (and preshrinking) the fabric first. I also tried my hand with a little
embroidered accent on each one.

the blanket has a little owl (pattern free from href="http://www.needlecrafter.com/"
target="NewWindow">Needlecrafter under designs->
library)

The burp cloth is a little raggedy and uneven,
but hey! it is for baby vomit!

I am sorry that it turned out this way, but I think
that the monkey (pattern purchased from href="http://www.sublimestitching.com" target="NewWindow">Sublime
Stitching) on the burp cloth looks a little maniacal. I think he is
mad because his digits are too big. If it is not allowed to go anywhere near
the baby to prevent a monkey-phobia, i understand.

So if you are Chandra and you notice this post,
send me
your address.

Okay knitters, time for a
sit down. Know that baby gift that you have been working on forever? Maybe it
is a little sweater or a href="http://www.virtualmandala.com/mt/archives/000177.html"
target="NewWindow">blanket or something…. this entire endeavor,
including embroidery, took about 2 hours. Okay, plus the laundering but I am
sure that you wash clothes anyway. I will never come up with some href="http://homepage.mac.com/klweaver/iblog/B1591549138/blankets.html"
target="NewWindow">cockamamy plan to
knit
an href="http://homepage.mac.com/klweaver/iblog/B1591549138/C1933265115/E1089287318/index.html"
target="NewWindow">entire freaking blanket. Insanity is what that
is.