Yesterday I wanted to do some easy sewing; something quick and simple but something that would also be useful. With braxton hicks and baby kicks taking up pretty much every waking moment (and waking me up!) it was always going to be baby related.
I’d always planned on making a blanket for the baby as they’re one of those things you can never have too many of. We have them strewn around the house and in the car when Boy was small and I doubt this time around it’ll be any different. In fact I ordered the fabric from Plush Addict months ago, pre-washed it and then… Nothing. I guess I got this weird idea into my head about tempting fate and all that, so it just sat there.
Until yesterday, when I used Jane’s tutorial for making a very simple baby blanket. The only things I did differently were to round the corners (using a saucer to get the round) and slip stitching the gap closed, because I’m obsessive like that! Oh, and use dimple minky because IT’S SO FLUFFY!!
We don’t know whether we’re having a boy or a girl and to my mind, pewter grey and aqua would work well for both. I like them too so that’s what I used!! I was careful pinning this together because Minky is a knit and the polkadot is a woven so there was the potential for it all to shift around a fair bit. The only other thing I did was to sew with the cotton uppermost. There really isn’t a whole lot to say about it – but it was nice to spend a bit of time with the sewing machine, doing something quick and easy that I know will get used!
Vicki Kate Makes 