Wow! It has been a long time since I last posted. But that does not mean I have not been sewing. This past weekend I delivered a baby quilt and 3 baby blankets with matching burp clothes for my new grandson who should be arriving any day now. I know his mom loves the soft blamkets but I had to make him a quilt because after all, it gave me another excuse (really who needs an excuse) to make a quilt.
So first here are the baby blankets.
Thes are all made with Soft and Minky fabric and flannel. These are so soft you just want to wrap yourself or the baby in them. Sometimes when sewing with Soft and Minky fabric it can be a bit of a challenge because it like to move around and stretch a bit. So my best success comes when I lay my flannel cut to size right side down on top of the right side of the Soft and Minky fabric. Then I add every pin I have all around. With my two pieces of fabric pinned together I take the whole thing to the sewing machine where I have my Digital Dual-Feed Foot installed.
And since I almost always have extra fabric I decided to create the matching burp clothes. Because what baby doesn’t need matching burp clothes and blankets?
Again using the Digital Dual-Feed foot makes these fast.
Notice on the orange burp I used a t-shirt knit for one side on the burp. Since the white was so plain I used a decorative stitch on my machine to stitch around the perimeter with a varigated thread to add some interest.
Here is the link to this foot https://www.babylock.com/accessories/feet-attachments/digital-dual-feed-foot and of course your local retailer can get this for you if you don’t have one. Otherwise look in your accessories that came with your machine and pull this bad boy out and put him on your machine, don’t forget to plug his short cord in on the upper back side of your machine. In the past I had used the walking foot but the Digital Dual-Feed foot makes my life so much easier.
And to satisfy my desire to quilt I made a baby quilt using this pattern http://minimushrooms.blogspot.com/p/bungalow-baby-quilt-pattern.html I did make it larger but I love how it turned out and the quilting was done on the my Babylock Solaris using Designs by JuJu Bubble end to end quilting design https://www.designsbyjuju.com/bubbles-end-to-end-quilting-embroidery-design This design is so easy to use and worked perfectly. Notice I onluy used the bubbles quilting design in the big blocks.
So now that grandma’s sewing is done, this little guy can arrive anytime so I can meet him!