Seamstress-ly challenged

After I made Freyja’s  infamous green and yellow ”Frankie Blankie” (that stands for Frankenstein, because of it’s hideous stitched and patched messy appearance) Zac said I had to make a blanket for each baby we have. It just wouldn’t be fair if they didn’t each have a little memento of their mother’s non-existent sewing skills.

Unsightly as the Frankie Blankie is, it is still Freyja’s favorite blanket and goes with her everywhere. So I took on the challenge of making baby No. 2′s blanket with new vigor and determination. This was the inspiration for what I wanted it to look like.

But first, I did the smartest thing I could do; I called my mother.

I brought the fabric to her house when I came to visit new baby Fox and she and I had the whole thing done in an afternoon! I was proud and pleased and the new blanket looked nothing like a monster. It was beautiful!

I loved this perfect little boy fabric from the Alexander Henry collection. I found it at Nancy's Sewing Basket in Queen Anne.

I wanted one side to be flannel, the other side minky, with a 2" flannel border.

Ta Da!

My mom had the great idea to make a luxurious spitty cloth out of the left over minky. She cut it to fit around a cloth diaper with room for a border and sewed it up.