Nesting Gramma Style

Nope, that grandbaby is not here yet. And now I can say it's officially overdue. Well, by one day, anyway. 

So here's how I've been passing the time waiting. I was going to make some bibs but just wasn't that into it. Then I came across this post by Andrea at Mouse in my Pocket. I dug around in my scraps and came up with ribbon and fabric to make my own little taggie blankie. What fun! (Thanks for the idea, Andrea!!)

A lot of the fabric is from quilts I made for this little baby's cousins. The solid blue and vehicle fabrics (Daddy's an automotive engineer, so yeah) are flannel, and the tags are ribbons left over from decorating for Mommy and Daddy's wedding rehearsal party. I cut fabrics 2 and 3 inches wide and variable lengths to make the strips. The whole thing (without the tags) measures about 10 1/2 by 12 inches. 

Here's the back (fleece leftover from a sleeper I made for L's doll):

I did some minimal quilting to hold it all together. 

While I was rooting around in the fabric bins, I came across just enough flannel left over from C's bibs that I made in December to make a couple more. So I got into bib making after all. 

Mommy and Daddy both went to MSU, and Mommy likes animals.

Minimal quilting as seen from the back.

Okay, I'm done. I'll link this up with Cynthia at Quilting is more Fun than Housework for Oh Scrap!  (Whoa, two scrap projects in a week. I may need to post her button.) If I'm not otherwise occupied later this week, I'll link up with some other parties. Buttons are on the side.

New finish for a New Year

One more nursery project. When my granddaughter was born three years ago, I made a little pillow for the rocking chair in her nursery. My daughter used it for back support during many night-time feedings. In recent months my granddaughter has taken it over for her personal pillow, so it's still getting a lot of use. 

The other day my daughter mentioned that she would need to get a new pillow for the rocker for baby number two. Duh. I forgot all about that. So yesterday, I whipped one up with leftover fabric from grandbaby's quilt. I made a pillow form from the fiber of an unused bed pillow, foundation quilted a top to some leftover batting, and made an envelope closing. Such fun!

Looks pretty good on my rocker, doesn't it?

It's a little finish, but it's a new finish for a new year.

Oh, and since my last post about the quilt, I used a Magic Eraser to easily remove the metal smudge marks left by the sewing machine, and I washed it. It turned out nice and crinkly. 

I'm linking up today with Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish It Up Friday and with Confessions of a Fabric Addict for Can I Get a Whoop Whoop.

(Update: I forgot to add (for my own documentation) that the washed quilt now measures 46 by  52 inches, 2 inches shrinkage in each direction from before washing.)

More Sewing for Baby

I have to have something to do while waiting for grandbaby, so this week I made these little burp cloths and bibs. They are mostly flannel and reversible, with left over Warm and White batting inside. The MSU bib has a backing of the cotton fabric I used for the applique on the front. 

The pattern for the burp cloths is from a template I found on homemade by jill. I tried to find the source of the pattern I used for the bibs (I first used it three years ago). There are lots of templates online, but not the exact one I used. I was going to quilt them, but decided that plain was okay.

These are fun to whip up. Maybe I'll make some more after baby comes.

In the meantime, I think I'll make a little pillow to support mommy's back in the rocker. Ohh, I think there's some gramma-style nesting going on. 

They're not technically quilts, but they are 3 layers with batting, so I'm linking up today with Sew Fresh Quilts for Let's Bee Social. 

Have a Happy New Year everyone!

Nursery projects

Still working on the back of Baby's Row Quilt. I thought I'd have it done today, but I ran out of some fabric I was using and couldn't get it in town. I have some (hopefully) similar fabric on order, so while waiting for it, I've been sewing as much as I can of the back, and I also made the crib skirt and pennants (my granddaughter calls them flags and announced the other day that she wanted flags like the ones in her room for her little brother--who am I to disappoint her?)

So here they all are:

"Melman" the giraffe--based on a pattern from Margaret Rolfe

Square-in-square blocks from the quilt back

Part of the crib skirt and pennants

Because of the placement of crib supports, the crib skirt is actually five pieces that will be tied onto the mattress support. (The ties won't show, but it's still fun to use nursery colors for them. There are nine "flags." The lighter orange one isn't sewn yet because it's a placeholder for the piece of fabric I'm waiting for, and then it will be moved to the end. 

I've also been making some Christmas ornaments while waiting for the mail. I'll save those for my Friday post. 

I'm linking up today with Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday and with Sew Fresh Quilts for Let's Bee Social.