Blankets for a Bouncing Baby Boy

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These past few weeks I’ve been extremely busy creating all sorts of gifts… I made three blankets for my close friend’s baby shower. They are warm and cozy fleece blankets with a crocheted trim. I loved the technique so much, that I wanted to make more. And since April is raining babies, I finished these just in time for another friend of mine who is due tomorrow.

Trio of Baby Blankets

 

To create these blankets, I used a skip-stitch blade on my rotary cutter. I ran the blade along the edges to create holes to base my crochet trim. The trim on the green blanket has a round of single stitch and a round of half-double crochet. The trim on the blue blanket was made by two rounds of single stitches and then a round of double crochet. The cream blanket has a round of single stitch and the two rounds of half double crochet.

The perfect cozy wrap for snuggling a new baby…

What have you received as a homemade/handmade gift recently?

 

Detail of Edging

 

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April Showers Bring Babies!

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It‘s a boy!

March & April seem to be raining babies (actually more like pouring), it’s hard to keep up with each bundle of joy. Today is a close friend‘s baby shower and I wanted to share what I’ve been working on for her lil’ baby boy… baby blankets of course!

Baby Boy Blanket Trio

 

This trio of blankets complement one another, while each being unique. One cream blanket has a dark country blue border, one light blue wrap is made with a dark country blue trim and there’s another cream blankie, this time with country blue edging. Each blanket is made of fleece with a crocheted yarn border. To create these cute snuggle wraps, I used a skip-stitch blade on my rotary and ran it along all four edges of a fleece rectangle. For the first round, I used the new slits to single crochet around the edge of the blanket, four stitch in each corner hole. The second round, I used a half-double crochet.

Fleece Baby Blankets with Crocheted Trim

 

Depending on the width, one yard of fleece can cut in half to make two blankets.

Congratulations Brandi & Josh! Welcome baby Brick!

The second half of March, posts have been few and far between. Thanks for being patient and supportive everyone! I tried to start my Spring cleaning this week and catch up on all the baby crafting I need to be doing in these baby bonanza months…

Ribbon Mobile

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As soon as one of my best friends told me she might be pregnant, I knew what I wanted to make for her baby A ribbon mobile for her nursery (I also envisioned one for my potential nursery). After looking through mobile pictures, I found a beautiful double layered one that mixed the classic mobile look and the ribbon mobile look on this blog.

Phillies Ribbon Mobile for Baby Boy
My friend knew she was having a boy and was probably going to have a sports theme in the nursery. Her husband is a baseball fan, Phillies especially. I kept the double ring idea in my head as I looked to search for Phillies ribbons, but it’s impossible to find (I don’t think they make it). So I settled on using Phillies colors for the ribbons and on the charms. I went out to hunt for the dangling charms, but soon realized my hunt was fruitless. I had to make two of each of these (I glues the ribbon in the middle of the two pieces. I dangled baseball gloves from the outer ring and the Phillie Phanatic from the inner rings. The ring are not joined together, so she can either hang them together and separately. The Phillie Phanatic I had to make completely from scratch, I had to hunt around often to find all of the supplies. I glue small round mirrors at the ends of several ribbons, to reflect the light and add a touch of whimsy.

Ribbon Mobile

Phillie Phanatic

I hung the mobile on a hanger and brought it with a wicker basket gift pack I put together. The wicker basket included a set of the bottles she wanted, 32 cloth diapers/burp cloths, sound spa, small crochetted blanket (I had made for her little one), Phillies bib and a Scotland bib.  I covered the wicker basket with shrink wrap and attached her card.