Hippocritter
I used Dale Baby Ull for the Hippocritter instead of DK yarn because I wanted something smaller (and something readily at hand). Stuffed with some wool locks I had sitting around. (I didn’t have any Polyfill in the house.)
Stormy Approved!
While the sewing machine was out, I decided to sew up some double sided napkins.
I had already cut these out and intended to use a rolled hem on them like I did with the handkerchiefs, but they languished in the work pile and gave me dirty looks periodically.
Actually, I started out trying the hemming foot on my sewing machine. I did finally the swing of how to use the darn thing but I couldn’t make clean corners. The starts were always ugly and there wasn’t anywhere for me to hide it.
In any case, I now have a set of 5 napkins in assorted Japanese inspired cotton fabric. Perhaps I can now recycle some of my decades old store bought, and very stained, napkins.
There’s another baby shower coming up at work. Last time, I was caught flat footed and ended up putting in cash as a solution.
This time, I decided to whip up a quick and easy baby blanket. I had planned to just slap 2 pieces of fabric together and stitch around. But thankfully, Denise, tipped me off to the self binding receiving blanket instructions from Sew Much Ado. It is a quick, easy, and fun project that looked a whole lot more polished!
And in case you are a visual person, here’s a YouTube video for the same project.
It wasn’t quite the 30 minute project, nor even 60 minutes. It’s possible that I obsessed a bit more than necessary about cutting the squares, measuring and trimming thrice. But while I was at it, I made a spare, just in case. And of course I chose the one imperfect miter for the photo shoot. I didn’t notice it until just now.
I used quilting cotton for the top (center piece) and a heavy cotton flannel for the backing (and binding). I finished off the blanket with one of the fancy stitches (baseball stitch) on my sewing machine by stitching into the ditch. (Click on the top image for details of the stitch.)
I made an envelope for one of the blankets with the scraps. This will be in lieu of gift wrapping. I hate single use gift wrap paper that ends up in the landfill. The new parents can either use this as a carry case or use it for something else.
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