Day 10 - Receiving Blanket

Hey everyone!  I'm going to make this short and sweet because of many reasons but mostly because it was Bunco night and I didn't' prepare myself...hence a short post with a few spelling errors.  I worked on a FANTASTIC post today but didn't quite get it done (because of my OCD tendencies) so I'm showing you my other creation for the day.

This was probably the easiest thing in the world to make!

You simply cut two printed fabrics out the same shape and then cut your batting to match.  To sew, lay the batting down first, one print wrong side up then the other print wrong side down.  Sew with a quarter inch seam allowance, leaving 3-4 inches gap on one side so you can easily turn it inside out.  Trim your edges with pinking shears.  Turn inside out.  Iron.  Top stitch the top with a 1/8" seam allowance, tucking the edges of the gap in.  And vowla!!!  You have a burp cloth!

More pics to come tomorrow!!! Nighty night friends!!!

Day 8 - Patchwork Bib

Moms - BEWARE!!!  These are so cute you'll want 10 of them!  I was so excited to make these, probably more proud of the fact that I attached velcro to material than of the finished product itself.  I'm learning to do things I've never done before!!  It's kind of exciting.  :)

I found this Quilted Patchwork Bib Pattern on Pinterest a long, LONG time ago and thought I'd eventually get to it but was too scared to attack it.  I'm not really sure why because it was so simple.  One tip - please, PLEASE for the love of Pete - go out and buy a pair of pinking shears if you don't have them.  It will make your life SOOO much easier and keep money in your pocket because you won't have to pour a glass of wine to get through the notch cutting part.

Here's a link to the instructions for the bib - http://sewshesews.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/quilted-patchwork-bib-pattern-and-tutorial/

Here are some pics from my bib making process.  Once again, not perfect but I know the next time around it will be even better!

I'll have these for sale on my Esty shop www.esty.com/shop/indigoroadcreates for $9.00 each.