The past 2 months have been slim pickin’s around here. While not terribly much has happened with the house, it hasn’t been all bon-bons and pedicures.

I have been working on this –

A baby quilt for the tiniest little human ever.

While I am a smidge familiar with how to operate a sewing machine, I have never made a quilt before. I didn’t find the prospect of cutting big pieces of fabric down to little pieces of fabric only to sew them back into big pieces of fabric all that appealing. But, for some reason, I was compelled – driven even – to make my first one for this precious little baby boy. I even hand-sewed the binding and hand-embroidered my own little message to him –

For those that don’t like to read sideways, it says: “2 -, ❤ C”. {His name is Dash.}

When Dash sprinted into the world a little early, I felt the 4’x5′ quilt was a little overkill. {I’ve bought roaster chickens bigger than he was.} He needed something smaller; softer; more ‘baby blanket’ than quilt. So I made this –

And added a little more traditional personalization –

For those interested making a baby blanket, single-fold satin binding is not for the faint of heart. I got very buddy-buddy with my seam ripper before arriving at a suitable outcome.

All in all, I am personally thrilled with how they came out. They were both lots of fun to make and good practice {of my sewing skills & patience}. I could see making one every so often. I don’t think I’ll become a “quilter” but I have a new-found admiration for those who are {like my grandmother – Hi MomMom!!}. Quite proud of them. I hope the new mom likes these as much as I do.