Baby Reindeer Hat

I know this is a bit late to post now but I wanted to share this Reindeer hat I made for baby Dustin.  I saw some pictures of baby's with similar hats on pinterest.  I thought they were so cute so I whipped one up for this sweet boy.  His mom loved it and even got his picture wearing it for their Christmas cards.

I used yarn from my stash and lined the ears with red felt.  I hand sewed the antlers out of brown felted wool.  Then I added a big red button nose and two brown button eyes.

Baby Gifts

It has been a while since I have had a chance to post something on my blog.  I have done a little bit of sewing but have not remembered to take any pictures.  I have had a couple of baby showers lately that I could make gifts for.  Baby gifts are fun to make.  I made a gift set for each shower.

 My initial idea was to make a cozy blanket.  I wanted it to be big enough to be usable past infancy.  I used snuggle flannel on one side and a soft ultra cuddle fleece for the other side.  The blanket is about 45 inches square.  The mom to be picked yellow, orange, and teal for her nursery.  This jungle print flannel was the closest I could come to those colors.  She knows she is having a boy.  The blanket is a simple project to make it was only complicated by the fact that the cuddle fleece is somewhat stretchy and the flannel is a woven fabric that does not stretch.  But I loved how soft and cozy the fleece was so I made it work.  I was able to use some of those hundreds of decorative stitches on my sewing machine to trim the edges with. 

 With some of the extra fabric I sewed two bibs and two burp cloths and a little tag blanket.  I have enough fabric to make one more tag blanket.  The tag blanket is about 13 inches square.  I used my stash of various ribbons and trims for the tags.  I wanted a lot of texture with the shinny satin ribbons and the taffeta ribbon and the bumpy grosgrain, even a few pieces of ric-rac.  I picked a different decorative stitch for each item.  I tried not to use to many satin stitches because they sew out so slow and they use a lot of thread.    The last blanket I made I trimmed it with a satin stitched leaf stitch and i had to change the bobbin three times before I finish sewing the blanket.  It looks better if you don't have to change the bobbin in the middle.

Look at this gift bag my daughter picked out.  Isn't it adorable and it almost has the same animals on it as the gifts I made. 

I made all these items out of two yards of flannel and one and a half yards of the cuddle fleece.  I purchased the fabrics at my local Jo-Ann fabrics.  I used thread  from my stash and two snaps from someones stash that I picked up at the auction.  A nice and easy to sew gift for a  sweet baby.

Baby stuff

A coworker is having a baby girl

so it was the perfect opportunity to make up this baby quilt. I bought this simple quilt kit at Joann fabric several years ago. The kit had everything needed to make the quilt including the backing. I seem to be on a pink and orange kick lately. I do like that bright color combination. The quilt does not have batting between but I think it is just a nice weight for a simple quilt. The middle patch and the edge strips are orange dotted Minky with a soft cozy feel. The backing fabric is white flannel and the the rest is quilting cotton. This went together quickly and I am only a little happy with it. It will be an OK baby gift. The blanket is about 32" by 40".

There was a small piece of orange Minky leftover and a strip of the flannel backing too. I decided a little taggy blanket would be a nice additional gift. I have recently come across a few tutorial for taggy blankets on some blogs. I wanted to link to the most recent one I found but I can't seem to find it now. They are pretty self explanatory. They are just a tiny quilt with ribbon tags inserted all around the edge. I made mine about 10" by 14". I used various lengths of ribbon but all are small so there is no danger of a baby getting caught in one of the loops. I used what I had on hand with various textures from grosgrain to satin ribbons as well as some Ric-rack and woven brocade trims. I like the little taggy blanket made with scraps much better than the quilt. I think this is a cute little baby gift. I may make more of these when I have another baby gift to give.