Sewing For A Special Little Someone

I was in JAF minding my own business and WHAM, 

I see the cutest, most adorable receiving blanket made out of 2 pieces of flannel.  

Well, that looks easy. 

 How fun would that be with a cute print flannel on one side and solid flannel on the other. 

 Into the cart it went.  

This was super easy to make too. 

 I took my yard of fabric and folded it in half once then again. 

 I did the same with the second yard then stacked them one on top of the other 

and lined up the folded edges. 

 I then trimmed off the selveges and along the cut line so both pieces would be the same size. 

 I unfolded them pinned them right sides together and sewed all the way around with a 1/4" seam, leaving an opening for turning. 

 Then I topstitched twice all the way around (this closed the opening too!) and Voila!  

One super adorbs receiving blanket.

You already saw the quilt, or part of it.  

I don't want to show the whole thing as I would like it to be a surprise as to the finished quilt,

 but here is a sneak peek.  

I did a two color binding on this one too.

Lastly I had one chenille blanket made for her but while at JAF the super adorable mermaid fabric somehow found it's way into my basket!  

So I just had to pick up the flannel to make a more girlie version for this new little sweetie. 

 I have not washed it yet but here is what it looks like pre-fuzz.

OMG this is so sweet IRL!  

And that Art Gallery Oval Elements made the cutest binding.  

It reminded me of little life saver floaties, like you would use on a boat.  

I had the perfect Aurifil thread color to machine stitch the binding down with too.  

I have a binding tip to share with you tomorrow.  

It made putting this binding a snap!

Trying to decide if I want to do some appliqued Onsies too.  

What do you think?

~XOP~