BUT I have decided to change my ways.
This lovely blanket is all my cousin and his wife are going to get for their new baby. It's a perfectly nice gift especially since I haven't seen or talked to my cousin in god knows how long. Really, I'm sitting here and I can't remember the last time I even saw him. Yet this blanket will be able to convey my well wishes for their new little one and I'm pretty darn sure that when they open it no one is going to say "Well, it's nice and all but she really should have made some burp rags and a bib to go with it". And if they do, I don't want to know about it!Construction wise I used 100% cotton fabric with some fake "minkee" that I bought for $9 a yard. I think it's just as good as the real stuff but then again I haven't ever gathered up enough courage to pay $17 a yard. This is the second blanket I've made with the fake stuff and this time I used my walking foot. OH MY GOODNESS, it made a heck of a difference. Nothing shifted or came out wonky and my top stitching turned out so pretty I wanted to cry. Rachel was right, having the right tools makes all the difference. (And thanks to Lori for having the guts to ask what was the difference between a Quilting Foot and a Walking Foot because when you're dumb like me you'll buy the Quilting foot thinking it's the former and be completely confused about why everyone is recommending it. )
This is just an extraneous picture of my porch with it's new railing. It's sooo pretty. I can't wait until it's painted.Oh, last but not least, check out my sister-in-laws brand new blog...With Vanilla and Honey.
It's fun to read and will definitely make you hungry!
Can you tell she's a Culinary Student at the Culinary Institute of America?
11 comments:
i think the blanket only is absolutely fine. and the porch looks fab!
your house looks so adorable.
(btw, jack LOVES your mom.)
Ha! You're hooked on the walking foot! i found myself using on everything for a while there.
And I do the exact same thing with gifts. What is it about making something by hand, that we feel it needs to come in groupings of three? I have baby bibs just sitting here for months because I don't have the energy to make the "rest" of the gift.
They will love the blanket. Laura made one like that for us, and we use it ALL the time.
So what IS the difference between the walking foot and the quilting foot?
It didn't take THAT much courage to ask a question, silly.
And that blanket looks just as luscious as the one you gave away last Saturday without getting a picture.
laeroport
ooo i like that blanket. When did the porch thing happen? Who did it? What color is it being painted?
All of these questions are code for: I like it!!
The picture of your house made me miss lawrence. Oh, and thanks for the plug ;)
I SO love your house. It makes me feel sad for my lowly ranch. I want a cute old house like yours! Meanwhile, though, I am so with you on the gifts thing. I swear, it's like because it's homemade it's not enough, when it should be the other way around! I vow to do better this year. ~A :-)
Angela and I are neighbors and we both have boring ranches. I also envy your charming house!
Good for you for stopping while you're ahead. Home made gifts are becoming the gold standard once again, anyone who doesn't think one homemade gift is just wonderful isn't going to be more impressed with half a dozen of them.
That is a great present!
how did jack meet your mom?
Agree 100% about the need to make *more* because it's handmade... and it's totally not necessary, really. I have to stop myself, too. Also, every once in a while You have to remind yourself that you don't have to make every gift, either. But I have trouble with that one.
Lovely porch. Darling house. Love your blog. :)
Hey, because of the title of your blog... could you share some of your favorite sites that you get oil cloth from? I love Cath Kidston's oil cloth, but don't want to pay those prices. Where do you get your oil cloth?
Thanks sooo much!
linda@randythompson.org
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