Camouflage!!!

This is a twin sized camouflage themed blanket that I put together for my neighbor's son. The front is Mossy Oak camouflage and the back is army camouflage.

I love the way it turned out!

RJ's Thomas the Train Blanket

I finally made a blanket that will stay in our house. I found this super cute Thomas the Train fabric back in March or April. There wasn't enough of it to do an entire blanket with it so I put it back on the shelf. Rj saw it and pulled it off the shelf and would not set it down. Well, I finally decided that there was enough that I could use it as a "base" so I bought it. I finally didn't have any orders so I was able to sew a twin size blanket for rj.

I LOVE the way it turned out. Rj loves it too...the trick now is to make it "disappear" without him missing it until his birthday. :)

Sierra Bagley's blanket

So, this blanket was supposed to be a queen size and ended up being a king. I used the "cascading" reversible style for the pattern but we chose to do only one color on the back.

I finished this blanket about a month ago but Sierra's birthday wasn't until today, so I can finally post pictures of it!

This has been my absolute favorite blanket to sew partly because I LOVE her and her family to pieces but mostly because I LOVE the colors!

So here are some photos of the overview, a close up, and one with Sierra receiving it-which I don't get recipient photos often :-)

"California" twin blanket

This blanket was a blast to make. It is for my wonderful friend Niki's son's 8th birthday. I told her all along that I would try to have it finished "on time" but that I couldn't promise anything because I only had 2.5 days.

Well, I got it done! This blanket was a "new" undertaking for me in the sense of fabric patterns. I am getting to where I like experimenting with color, but this one had the color, the print, the circles, the plaid...I wasn't sure, but Niki picked them and I sewed. I LOVE it!

Happy 8th birthday Joe!!!

John Deere Girl Blanket

This was, by far, one of my favorite blankets to make just because it was John Deere. I had so much fun making this one for my friend Megan and her coming little girl. I have used this design before on a blanket for one of my nephews except I used blues and browns.
I LOVE it!

Argyle Baby Blanket

This is the most recent baby blanket that I have made. I finished it a couple weeks ago, but I had to wait to mail it and for my friend to receive it before posting pictures. This baby blanket has probably been the most creatively-challenging blanket that I have made. I had it all "visualized" but my visualization just was not becoming reality. Needless to say, the blanket did not turn out 100% perfect or 100% argyle, but I was happy with the end result and so was my friend, Liz. One side was blue diamonds on brown fabric and the other side was brown diamonds on blue fabric. I did all the top stitching with white thread, so I finished off the blanket with a white border to tie all the colors together.

Stripe Baby Blanket

So, I have decided that since all my friends and family are having little boys, I need to get more creative with my blankets. Not more creative in the sense of difficulty but just in style. In effort to "expand" my style but still keep simplicity, I made this baby blanket for my friend Stacey and her little boy. It is a reversible blanket again, but I only used 2 colors and just cut the fabric into strips instead of my usual blocks. I really like how simple it was to make, and I think it turned out really cute.
The biggest change/challenge for me that I encountered while sewing this blanket was the binding/border. I am a fan of simple, so I usually just leave one side of the blanket an inch or so bigger than the other side and just fold it over. However, that wouldn't have worked with this blanket, so I had to make my own border. That is a 1st for me. I was very happy with the end result.

Square Block Blanket

This blanket pattern is by far the easiest that I ever do. It is just using square blocks and sewing them together. Once the front is done, I sew a solid piece of fabric to it for the back, and then I use yarn and tie it.

Though simple, this blanket was probably the most challenging due to the fabric type. It is the really soft "minky" type fabric. It always just wanted to slide all over. Anyway, despite this fact, I LOVE this blanket! I think the colors are awesome (the pics do not do the colors justice) and the dinosaurs are cute!

(the blanket front)

(supposed to show the colors on both front and back)

Baby Blanket-Reversible

Another one of my favorite things to do to pass my time away, is to make blankets. I LOVE sewing blankets and experimenting with styles and patterns. I NEVER use a set pattern. I sketch out something on paper, and then cut it out and sew it. Simple as that. This is one area I consider myself creative. Here is a reversible baby blanket I made for my second son that we are expecting.












The one side is a solid cream and a blue plaid print. The other side is sky blue solid and a horse print.

I think that it is adorable.