Last week
Sara at My Spare Time posted a
rag quilt that she made as a baby gift. I was intrigued because I had never seen anything like that. It was an idea I filed away for later. But then in one of the
magazines I bought for my 3 hour Dr. office ordeal was the instructions for what they called a "frayed-edge quilt", the same thing as Sara's rag quilt. Now the wheels were really turning. My problem is that I don't have any flannel in my stash, and I can't justify buying more fabric for a project that I
might do. Yes, that's always how it is, I buy fabric with intentions of completing a project then never get around to doing it. Anyway, this morning as I was looking at yet more flannel online an idea dawned on me - I could use receiving blankets! I have a TON of those itty bitty flannel receiving blankets that don't fit my gargantuan babies sitting in the closet. I've never used those things because #1 they're too small and #2 I have babies in the late spring when we don't really need blankets. I think Lily has gotten the most use out of them with her baby dolls. Besides solving the flannel dilemma I've also solved another - these blankets are all gender neutral so I could
if I wanted to make a blanket for the new baby that will be big enough to fit the kid when the cooler months roll around. Yeah! I'm so pleased with myself!!!
Last week Sara at My Spare Time posted a rag quilt that she made as a baby gift. I was intrigued because I had never seen anything like that. It was an idea I filed away for later. But then in one of the magazines I bought for my 3 hour Dr. office ordeal was the instructions for what they called a "frayed-edge quilt", the same thing as Sara's rag quilt. Now the wheels were really turning. My problem is that I don't have any flannel in my stash, and I can't justify buying more fabric for a project that I might do. Yes, that's always how it is, I buy fabric with intentions of completing a project then never get around to doing it. Anyway, this morning as I was looking at yet more flannel online an idea dawned on me - I could use receiving blankets! I have a TON of those itty bitty flannel receiving blankets that don't fit my gargantuan babies sitting in the closet. I've never used those things because #1 they're too small and #2 I have babies in the late spring when we don't really need blankets. I think Lily has gotten the most use out of them with her baby dolls. Besides solving the flannel dilemma I've also solved another - these blankets are all gender neutral so I could if I wanted to make a blanket for the new baby that will be big enough to fit the kid when the cooler months roll around. Yeah! I'm so pleased with myself!!!
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