Wee Folk Baby Welcome

When my granddaughter was born 

I sent this card along to my son and 

daughter-in-law to welcome sweet Cayleigh.  

Wee Folk Mini Kit from Papertrey Ink has 

so many images that are perfect for a baby card.

I started by stamping the leaf design 

two times with New Leaf and Simply 

Chartreuse inks. The sentiment was 

stamped with Sweet Blush ink before 

adding the tulips with New Leaf and 

Aqua Mist inks. For additional details, 

I added hearts and flowers with 

Lovely Lady and Bright Buttercup inks,

then sponged the edges with 

Sweet Blush ink. The card front was 

impressed with Canvas Impression Plate.

The yellow bunny was die cut 

from one of the  pre-printed 

pages that comes with the kit, 

and then added to the card front 

using dimensional foam tape.

Inside of Card

I printed the sentiment from my computer, 

onto a piece of Linen card stock and then 

die cut it using Lawn Fawn's Stitched Rectangles. 

I cut a 5 1/2 " x 4 1/4" Stitched Rectangle from 

Lovely Lady cardstock and then cut the center 

of it with a smaller rectangle so that I could 

insert the white sentiment panel into it. 

A yellow pre-printed butterfly from the

Wee Folk Kit was added.

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.

Worldwide Quilting Day - Hearts

March 18th, 2017 is  

Worldwide Quilting Day, 

so it is the perfect time to share a

cozy flannelette quilt I made 

for my granddaughter, who 

was born this past November. 

I had a variety of fabrics in my stash, 

so used them for this snuggly quilt.

 

My inspiration came from the patterned fabric - 

pink, yellow, blue and glittery white hearts 

printed onto a  light blue background. 

I chose white, pink and yellow fabrics to 

coordinate with the print.The white squares 

were machine appliqued with a pink heart 

using a blanket stitch.

The back of the quilt was created by piecing 

yellow strips of fabric on either side of a pink 

flannelette panel. I machine quilted all the 

layers together by stitching on either side 

of the seamed squares.

Yellow and  pink borders were added to the 

front of the quilt before machine quilting. 

A yellow binding was added to the edges 

of the finished quilt.

 Wishing you a warm and cozy week-end!

Thanks for visiting today.
Karen C..

More Baby Gifts

My daughter-in-law asked me to make a 

Diaper Clutch/Changing Mat, similar to this design.

 I used two coordinating prints, 

a bright orange for trim and yellow 

terry cloth to make the clutch/diaper pad. 

When it is opened the two flaps have pockets 

that can hold a diaper on one side and baby wipes 

on the other. The yellow terry cloth was layered 

over several pieces of flannelette and the 

printed fabric before quilting them together.

Since I had leftover Owl fabric and terry cloth, I made two bibs.

Extra terry cloth was used to make a hooded bath towel. 

It was trimmed with the dotted fabric. 

Two more bibs were also made with this printed fabric.

I found a pattern on Pinterest here for this cute 

Sunshine & Ribbon Toy, so I used the leftover 

yellow terrycloth and other scraps from 

my fabric stash to make this for the baby.

Thanks for visiting today.
Karen C.

Baby Swaddle and Burb Cloths

I've been sewing and knitting for my grand daughter 

who will be making her debut at the end of November. 

Here are the first of some items I made.

Baby Swaddle 

I used  this pattern to make a 

flannelette swaddle for the new baby.

I used a combination of 2 prints and 

a light pink solid for the swaddle.

When the swaddle is open, you can see

the little pouch where the baby is placed. 

The two "wings" fold around the front of 

the baby to create a cozy wrap.

Receiving Blanket

I used the same colourful print on one side 

and a light pink for the backing. 

Bright pink decorative stitching holds 

the two layers together.

Burb Cloths

I really liked the shaped design of this pattern 

and used it to make 6 burb cloths with various

flannelette prints and solids.

I used a dark pink on the backing and then added the same fabric as an accent band.





The second burb cloth uses a white flannelette backing.

This burb cloth uses a light pink for the backing and an accent band on the front. 



Dark pink backing and accent band.

Another dark pink backing and band.





A bright green backing and accent band.





Thanks for visiting today.
Karen C.