Finally!

My second daughter was born in May.  I made a ton of things to prepare for her arrival.  Nothing really fit right.  The hats were either too big, too small. or the color was off.  

The one thing that turned out great was this pixie bonnet.  I used this pattern from PoshPatterns. 

During the last week of my pregnancy, I finally finished this quilt for the baby's crib. I used fabric designed by Tamara Kate, and produced by Michael Miller Fabrics.  When I made a quilt for my older daughter I saw the blue fabric with girls reading in trees printed on it.  I loved it but it did not work well for her quilt.  I decided to use it for the baby's quilt, along with the purple Princess and the Pea fabric.  It turned out so adorable, and its a perfect play mat for both of them to play on. You can see other projects and fabric in this line here.

This is the front. 

 

This is the back. The pink and purple circles I found at Hobby Lobby after searching for a flannel that would complement and match the front. I bought all they had left, and because the quilt is kind of a strange size, I did not have quite enough for the back. I had the blue minky at home already, so I used that. 

However, my FAVORITE project that I made for Molly is this rainbow stripey crocheted blanket. I followed this pattern from Not Your Average Crochet.  It was so much fun, and a labor of love. I plan to use it for the background for all of her monthly pictures. So far they are turning out great. 

Rainbow Stripey Blanket

This blanket has been a work in progress for a few months now. I really wanted to make a blanket for my baby that is due any day now. I didn't want to have to buy a lot of yarn because I have three bins of it, and my Yarn storage spot is now the nursery. I found this excellent blanket tutorial from Not Your Average Crochet and thought it would be perfect. Here is the link. 

https://notyouraveragecrochet.com/as-we-go-stripey-blanket/

The pattern was excellent. I did have to start over, however, after about 15 rows because I was not careful about counting my stitches. 

The puff stitch rows also didn't come out quite right and I am not sure why.

I love my cloud border, although I wish I had more time and patience. I would have made it thicker. This baby is due soon and I'd rather have it finished.

Rainbow Hat

This is the first hat I made for the new baby due in May. It is from a pattern called "Over the Rainbow" from The Hat and I store on etsy. The pattern is very well written. However, it is much to big and I will be altering it to make a smaller one. 

Library Wordle

In January I did a survey of the kids in my school. One of the questions asked the students to use three words to describe the library. I couldn't print the real Wordle big enough so I made my own. 

Piglet Hat

For this Piglet inspired hat, I used single crochet in multiples of six. With an I hook I went out to 54 stitches. 

The light pink yarn is a medium light weight softer yarn. This one was from my stash and the label was gone. 

The darker pink is red heart soft. 

The ears for this hat came from Cupcake Cuties Shop on etsy. I cannot figure out how to link it. I changed them a little bit too.  

Piglet turned out adorable!

Winnie the Pooh Newborn Hat

For this hat I used gold and red red heart yarn. I used a size G hook, but wished I had used H. The single crochet stitches are so tight. I did multiples of six for increasing and went to 54 stitches around. 

I did the ears a little different too. I do not like ears that are round. I find them difficult to see on and they never stay up. For these ears I used hdc. Here is what I did. 

Ch3, join to form a ring. 

Ch 1. Hdc 6 into ring. Sl st to join

2hdc in each st around

Instead of joining ch 2, sl st into ring, ch 2 sl st to first of 12 st. 

It made more of a half circle and it was easier to see the ears on. 

This hat is 5.5 inches from top to bottom. 

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus Taggie Blanket

This might just be my favorite of all the taggie blankets I have made. I got this fabric as soon as it was released, but I didn't know what to do with it. 

One of my librarian colleagues recently had a baby. She loves Mo Willems and has taken a stuffed Pigeon all over the world. 

This blankie combines two of my favorite things - children's literature and sewing!

There were a few challenges: the pre-quilted fabric was tough to sew through, but I expected that. 

Sewing the tags on the curves was tricky too. Some of them ended up at a different angle than I would have preferred. 

The quilting stitch I used around the edge was perfect. It was very forgiving around the curves and match the Illustration style of the Pigeon. 

Overall I am very pleased with this Pigeon taggie blanket and I hope baby H will be too!