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Easy Baby Blanket Tutorial

My sister , my cousin  and I will be hosting a baby shower tomorrow for our cousin. 

We will be welcoming their Baby Boy to the world whom they have been patiently waiting for 7 years.

And since one of the purpose of Baby Showers is to help parents replenish their supply of baby items, I made a Baby Blanket, which I would like to share to you a tutorial on how to do it. 

I've done some Burp Cloths and a Ribbon Tag Toy since there were extra fabric.

I will be placing these baby things into the Diaper Motorcycle (which I will be posting next time) and these would be my gift to them.

Baby Blanket Tutorial

Step 1. 

Cut out 2 Flannel Fabrics. Printed and Plain Colored. Size is 32"x32". You can have it bigger or smaller.

Step 2.

 Round the corners.

 Step 3.

Face right sides together.

Step 4.

With 1/2" allowance, sew the edges. 

Step 5.

Leave about 5" long not sewn.

Step 6.

Turn inside out.

Step 7.

As close to the edge, sew the part you have not sewn, this time, on the right side.

Step 8.

This is how it would look like when you are done.

Step 9.

Choose a decorative stitch or you can opt for the basic stitch.

Step 10.

Using the decorative stitch and a thread with coordinating color with the printed fabric, sew along the edges.

Step 11.

Back part

Life is not Perfect....and so is my Sewing.

My sewing session is not complete without these happening.. a big thanks to the Seam Ripper!

Finish Baby Blanket

With the extra fabric, I made some Burp Cloths (4 pcs.) and a Ribbon Tag Toy.

The Burp cloths are sewn the same way as Baby Blanket but in a smaller scale.

 Ribbon Tag Toy

The idea came form here:

http://www.joyshope.com/2009/05/baby-crinkle-square-tutorial.html

Happy Sewing!!!

New Year Greetings and New Lens Scrunchies

Happy New Year Everyone !!!

(In the photo: My son and my nephew watching the fountain being lit up welcoming the New Year.)

I know my greetings is a bit late, hehehe. But it's better late than never.

I was just a bit busy after the holidays. 

 I promise I will be prompt the next time. 

If you have remembered, a photographer friend of mine asked me to do a lens scrunchies for her photo shoot with a kid . She asked me to do a Lady Bug. 

http://whatmadeleineloves.blogspot.com/2011/12/boni-my-first-lens-scrunchie.html

So I did....

"Bugay" -- the lady bug

I added 3 more designs, hoping she would like it too.

"Hooty" -- the owl

"Drake" -- the dragon

"Heppy" -- the hippo 

  Boni and Friends

And she liked the 3 designs too. 

Happy Shooting my friend!!!

Gifts for the Ladies

Gifts I gave last Christmas for the Ladies

PURSE ORGANIZER

tutorial from here : http://www.thegivingflower.de/purse-organizer-recipe/

MAKE UP BAG 

tutorial from here: http://sewlikemymom.com/makeup-bag-tutorial/

CIRCLE ZIP EARBUD POUCH

tutorial from here: http://erinerickson.com/2011/11/circle-zip-earbud-pouch-tutorial/comment-page-1/ 

Hope they liked it and will use it!

Felt Nativity

Christmas is not complete without the Nativity scene.

It is a reminder of the reason why we celebrate Christmas.

We have ceramic figurines before but I don't know where it is now, or I guess I had thrown it away.

So I have to have a new one and I decided I would make one instead of buying it.

I was looking for a nativity design that I could hang up in our mini Christmas tree. Hanging it will save me some space and will serve as a tree ornament as well.  

I found this in Flickr. I find it so simple, clean and cute.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/colophondesign/4198287677/sizes/z/in/photostream/

I made my own pattern, and used felt as fabric. 

To complete my Nativity Scene characters, I designed  the Three Kings and  the Shepherd and the Sheep. 

I wanted to share to you a tutorial, but I did not take photos while I was doing these.

 It's hard for me to put the process into words, photos would have been easier. 

( I took one photo only during the assembly of the parts.)

But if you want a pattern, just simply leave a comment and I will send you one.

Have a Very Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

U P D A T E 

Please visit my other post for Free Download of The Felt Nativity Pattern.
Click this link:

http://whatmadeleineloves.blogspot.com/2012/02/felt-nativity-set-pattern-free-download.html

Precious Child Hats

- Stitching the Logo Patches into the Reversible Bucket Hats I made -

 - Reverse Side -

 - Colors Available -

- All 30 pcs. of them -

Starry Starry Christmas Tree

We have little Christmas Tree we bought since we got married. So it's about  5 years and 2 months old. I used to decorate it with balls, bells, flowers, garland and lights. This year I wanted it to be different. I want to make it more starry :)

So I made some little stars from my felt scraps ( I don't throw my felt scraps -- I either used it for small projects or for stuffing).

Here's how I did it:

(You may want to glue it to the white felt, to make it easy to sew as it will stay in its place)

(You can use running stitch or blanket stitch)

(The sample of putting the cord is not the star, but of one of my felt ornament. I just want to provide a clearer example.)

And here's our Little Christmas Tree...

Happy Starry Holidays Everyone!!!