My idea for this project initially came from
here. Although I didn't follow her instructions. Her tutorial is for a hat and blanket. Obviously I added to that and changed them as well. But I thought I should give credit to the spark that triggered the idea. BTW, I love her blog; she has great ideas.
The blanket was more difficult than I expected. Probably because I expected it to be very easy. My problem was that I am not used to working with knits. I had a hard time keeping everything flat and not stretching weird. I had to do a lot more pinning than I do with regular woven fabrics. Even then, it didn't turn out perfect, but I like it anyway.
I bought a little onesie and embellished it with a "T". I think I will call him little T when he gets here. :) Aaron teasingly asked if the T was for Twitchell. I told him sure, even though we both know it is for Thayne.
Then I made a little hat. I kinda went off the tutorial and kinda went off a hat from when Landon was a baby.
These pants I patterned after the pair that Landon wore coming home from the hospital. I hope they fit him.
Altogether I am pleased as punch and very excited to bring my little man home in them.
I bought a little onesie and embellished it with a "T". I think I will call him little T when he gets here. :) Aaron teasingly asked if the T was for Twitchell. I told him sure, even though we both know it is for Thayne.
Then I made a little hat. I kinda went off the tutorial and kinda went off a hat from when Landon was a baby.
These pants I patterned after the pair that Landon wore coming home from the hospital. I hope they fit him.
Altogether I am pleased as punch and very excited to bring my little man home in them.
I've been working on this for a long time, a year actually. I made 52 baby blankets in 52 weeks, half boy and half girl. I made this goal last year as a long term service project for myself. In our stake the last couple of years (since we've lived here), each year they have done a baby bundles project where they make and collect baby items to bundle and give to local hospitals to give to moms that don't have anything for their new babies. I really love that project and that is what inspired this project. I haven't confirmed either way whether our stake is doing that particular project again, but it doesn't particularly matter to me how the blankets get to the babies that need them as long as they get there. Fortunately there are many organizations that help get blankets to babies that need them, so if we don't do that project this year I will just find another way to donate them. In any case I've really enjoyed doing these and it makes me happy to see them finished and ready to go to those little babies that need them.
I thought that these fabrics were so adorable, it was so much fun to make this little blankie. It is just two pieces of flannel (1 1/4 yd) sewn together with a few rows and then the softest green fabric around the edges to bind it.
