The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree

I have been 'crafty' all my life....for better or worse.  I think I have dabbled in about every medium out there, with various levels of continued interest and success.  I have also encouraged my daughters to be creative and crafty.

So with the birth of Lady K, Texter has pulled out her crafting abilities.   

She had seen the large letters online, decorating baby's nurseries, and decided she wanted to make them for Lady K's room.  Painting a base color of brown, painter's tape was applied several times to make stripes in different colors and widths to match the colors in Lady K's room. 

She also learned the trials and tribulations of 'creating' with a baby whose needs take precedence over the process.  Babies don't care if you are in the middle of a project or not.  They have to be older to understand when mom says "just let me get to the end of this row".

And after a couple of days and a lot of starts and stops, the final product went up on the wall in the nursery.

Yes, Lady K is going to have an excellent example in her mother in being creative.

Baby Quilts

Right before Savvy was born 22 years ago, I made a simple baby quilt out of flannel and just tied it with yarn.  Savvy really didn't use it and Texter took it over when she was little.  She still has it...patches and all.  And Lady K has been wrapped in it since she arrived.  I did make her one blanket out of flannel where you expose the seams and let them fray, but these are in the style of her mother's blanket.

So I decided she needed some of her own.  Plus Joann's Fabrics was having a sale on flannel. 

Zombie Girl 

More traditional baby flannel

Texter and Lady K didn't let me finish tying the quilt.  Actually, Lady K might have to get older and fight her mother for the quilt as it covers both of them on the couch.

While the first quilt is sweet and more traditional, I love the zombie girls.  Pinky, girly, skulls, neon green.  It's fun.  I think Lady K will really love this one later on. 

The 'pattern' is actually very simple.  I buy a yard of the front and back fabric and trim the edges to square them up.  Then I buy a yard and a half for the borders and just cut strips about 6 inches wide.  I sew strips on the two narrower ends first and then up the longer sides.  With right sides together, I lay on the batting.  I use cotton batting which gives some body, but makes it cuddly.

Stitch around all 4 sides, leaving an opening on one side to turn the quilt.  Trim up the seams and batting and turn the quilt, poking out the corners.  I whip the opening closed by hand.  Then I tie the quilt with a coordinating yarn.  I like yarn rather than thread as it has more strength to it.  How you tie it depends on the pattern of the front.

This is a quilt that is quick and easy and I have made for friends who were having children or grandchildren.  With the flannel on sale, the fabric cost about $10.  Batting was about $5 as I had a large piece which I got at least 2 quilts out of and had a coupon for.  The yarn was some I had for another project and used since I don't need much.

But this makes the time and effort worthwhile.  Now if we can hide the Zombie Girls from her aunt. 

Lady K's New Beanie

Found some really nice yarn I had to do something with yesterday at my local needlework shop.  It's Euro Baby Maypole, color #9, and 100% polyester.  Super soft and a crinkly yarn and with being polyester it can be washed easily.

I knitted up a beanie for Lady K.

A super easy knit, done in the round even if the pattern says knit flat and seam.  I don't like seaming, so knit it in the round.

A little large right now, but she can grow into it.  With the wind we have here in Great Falls, she will have plenty of opportunities to wear it.

Now onto a 'monkey' hat for her and Texter.