Baby Gift

I have known Ashley and Justin since they first started dating and recently they welcomed home the newest member of their family. Their baby girl is just so sweet! 

Before they knew the gender, they picked a nursery theme that they liked that could be used for a girl or a boy. It is this one here. Aren't those elephants just so sweet? I love it.

A couple of months before I knew the theme, my grandma had given me some flannel that was green with brown, white, and green polka dots. When I found out these were the colors of the nursery for their baby, I knew I had to make something for them with that fabric. 

I started out planning to make a simple receiving blanket and if I had extra material, I would make a burp cloth and maybe even a little stuffed animal elephant. 

I did that, plus a little more. I drew out patterns for the different elephants and different sizes of elephants I used. I cut everything out and put it all together. I was so excited with how it all turned out! 

All together, I made a blanket, a burp cloth, two stuffed animal elephants, and added an elephant to a white onesie. I already had the little brown pants and they went perfectly with it to complete the gift. 

I took it to Ashley and was so happy with how much she loved it too!

~K.A.N.

Owl Pillow

A couple of months ago I was in a cute little shop and spotted an adorable owl pillow for sale. I looked at the price tag....$42! Wow, I knew I could make one like it so I grabbed a quick picture with my phone and decided to try my hand at this owl and I just love how it turned out! 

This was my first shot at applique, so it's far from perfect, but I was excited that it worked. I first drew a pattern for the body, wings, tummy, nose and eye pieces making sure they all fit together nicely.

(Sorry it's hard to see)

I then chose the fabric I was going to use for each part of the owl and cut out the pieces. I did four wing pieces, two for each side to make them a little thicker. The main body had two pieces, two of each of the eye pieces, one tummy and one nose. I then laid all the pieces together to make sure it was the look I wanted.

It was just perfect, so I continued. I started with the tummy onto the front piece of the body. I used a zig-zag stitch all the way around. I then pinned all the circles for the eyes and did a ziz-zag stitch aroung all of those. Last was the nose. 

With that done, I did a ziz-zag stitch around the outside of the wings, connecting the two wing pieces together. 

With all the applique done, the wings were placed and pinned in the right spots and the front and back pieces of the body were pinned right side in. I sewed it together, leaving a small opening at the bottom to turn it right side out. This was done and the owl was stuffed using the same hole. I hand-stitched the hole shut to finish the owl pillow!

~K.A.N.