{sleeping babies}

Moo's birthday was this week - I can't believe my little girl is 3. Wow. My mother in law has a tradition of buying the granddaughters an American Girl Bitty Baby when they turn 3, and Moo has been super excited for her doll for months and months. She picked the Asian baby, and has named her "Baby Dark Gretta". We are happy to have her in the family!

Since Bug loves her Olivia so much, she wanted to make something special for Gretta. When I saw this post at Lots of Pink Here, I knew that was it! I bought the pattern from Flossie Teacakes and made the pattern a little bigger to accomidate the 15" dolls. Super easy and I love how 'finished' they look with the bias tape around the edges.

Once I had finished Gretta's, Bug decided she needed one for Olivia too. Cupcakes, of course.

I might have gotten carried away and made one for my 3 year old niece as well...

and her 1 year old sister. She'll get the doll eventually & we wouldn't want her to feel left out... okay, okay, I couldn't help myself. These flowers were just too much fun.

a little heather ross love

I purchased a small bundle of Heather Ross prints with the intention of making my baby boy and my sister's baby girl (due 3 weeks apart!) matching boy/girl blankets. We agreed that we both love this style, {wonky stars} and I sliced the fabrics into little squares for the star centers. I ended up with lots of little pieces... too little to do much with, but too cute to throw away. Inspired by this great tutorial, I made a little "i spy" quilt for Moo's doll.

 It took a lot of thought and rearranging to get it the size I wanted. Although I am still a little hesitant to give that child a blanket that is predominantly white, I love how it turned out!

{measures 15 x 18 1/2}

Moo chose a polka dot for the back (she may be brainwashed by this point... either that or all I have in my stash are dots!) and insisted on pink and pink for border and binding. These fabrics were so much fun to play with, I can't wait to get the rest of the fabrics together to make the wonky stars quilts!

Merry Christmas, Olivia!

Bug was digging through a pile of my fabrics this last week, found a piece she loved, and declared "We can make this a baby quilt for Olivia for Christmas!" And so we did! I let her pick the fabrics, and although they are not my first choices, I am one proud mama. She also 'helped' with the entire process of sewing on my lap. I hope her baby doll loves it!

... and she was done with the photo shoot...

One of a kind

Bug has renewed interest in her Bitty Baby she got for her birthday, but has been concerned that she didn't have a blanket of her very own. I let Bug pick fabric out of the kid scrap bin, and opted for an easy design. A mini ticker tape! I have been wanting to make a bigger one, but this baby isn't very big, and I was short on time so this is what we ended up with. I love how it turned out, and I would love to make another bigger, more colorful version soon! Bug and I both seem to love this pink fabric, I wish I had yards of it! When Bug showed it to daddy, she said "Look, Dad! I made it one of a kind!"

{pebbles}

I am still new to quilting my own tops, and stippling what I have done the most of. Today I decided to make a new baby doll blanket (six doesn't seem to be enough around here) so this is what I ended up with! Pebble quilting! Still needs a binding, but I couldn't get it back long enough to sew it on...


We also have a polka dot obsession lately, so I thought Bug would love it. So far, she loves keeping it out of Moo's reach.

'... so Moo go her own! So far she thinks it's really fun to sit on. As long as it's getting used...

As a side note, I really love how it turned out. It took a LOT of thread. Like 2-3 bobbins for a doll quilt. Seriously.