Inspired!

Nothing like beautiful weather and babies to inspire a little creativity! I am so thankful that my world is breaking out in beautiful, colorful flowers and trees and warmer weather...I am so ready for old man winter to be gone. With this inspiration I have been back at my cutting table getting ready to put some Easter outfits together and even a few sundresses....yes, it is so nice to even be able to look forward to that!
I have some new babies that need gifts and I got busy. The blankets I have pictured are flannel from JoAnn's that I bought with a coupon this week. If you are not a JoAnn coupon clipper you are missing out on some great sales. Get on their email and mailing list...they come weekly. I like to re-stock my needles and stabilizers when their 50% coupons come out...and their Gingher scissors are a great buy as well with a coupon. I used my new Bernina sewing machine to put a name on two of the blankets and I appliqued the "Onesies On A Line" on the pink-gingham flannel for a new baby girl. I never thought that I would say this.....but the Children's Corner pattern that I have pictured below is a GREAT buy for anyone expecting a baby or needing to make a baby gift. I bought that pattern to use for a knit nightgown that I serged and made...it turned out so well. After opening it and seeing that it had blanket instructions I got curious.....who needs a pattern for a blanket, right? (those were my thoughts). I was SO wrong.....the pattern instructs you on how to cut and finish a beautiful sewn edge on your blanket and how to miter the corners for a nice finished edge. It is well worth the investment...as you can see mine is very worn from its use. It also has a bib pattern...I use it whenever I need a quick and easy gift to make for a new Mom. The items that you make are so much nicer than anything that you can buy...the blankets can be made to the size you want and the gowns last a lot longer after washing than the store-bought.
I plan to clean off my table this weekend and cut out with Easter in mind. I will post my progress....have a wonderful weekend.