It’s Done!

After a year and a half, my alphabet book is finally done.  I can’t believe it.

It was supposed to be a first birthday gift for my daughter, but son #4 stopped napping, and my daughter stopped sleeping at night, about a week before her first birthday.  I couldn’t sew during their dual nap time anymore, and was too tired to stay up at night sewing.  The alphabet book spent the next year in a drawer, waiting.  I picked it up again about a month ago and turned it into a (belated) second birthday gift instead.  I can’t wait to wrap it up and give it to her this evening.

Baby Gifts: Winter & Spring 2017

I love making gifts for friends who are expecting babies.  I have made four so far this year.  Because they have all been given to the recipients, I can finally share photos!

Inchworm, Jay, Moose, Newt, and Skunk

I is for Inchworm

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J is for Jay

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M is for Moose.  This moose is from a photograph of a moose I took on my honeymoon in Nova Scotia, Canada.  It was the first moose my husband ever saw.  We saw another half dozen later that evening, but this one was enormous.

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N is for Newt.  The fabric really made this one.  It is a Red Eft (juvenile Eastern Newt) and they are bright orange with spots

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and S is for Skunk

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I have started skipping around a little bit to be more efficient.  If I have black thread in the machine, I might as well so a bunch of black areas on a bunch of pages.

Garter Snake and Heron

G is for Garter Snake

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H is for (Great Blue) Heron!

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I was planning to get a few more done today, but then I realized it would be much more efficient to stitch around all of the words and letters first, so I get the layering correct and have to change thread fewer times.

The Last Six Pages

The younger kids failed to nap at the same time on Friday, so I didn’t get any sewing done.  I finished my ironing on Monday.  Now to start sewing, if I can get the naps right today!

Six More Pages

Okay, so they aren’t done, but they are halfway there!  And I remembered that I had G and H halfway done already, too.  So only six more pages to iron before I start sewing!   S, T, U, V, W, and X hopefully coming tomorrow.

Alphabet Afternoon

The last week was a nice little post-holiday crafting break.  I finished up a couple baby blankets and knitted a few preemie hats.  But I didn’t do any big projects.  Now it’s a new year, and Miss C turns one this month!  I really have to finish my Alphabet Book.

Baby Quilt

Last week I came across this almost-finished quilt.  When I was pregnant with Miss C. I became fascinated with quilting and started a simple quilt with pre-cut 5″ squares and a 5″ border.  I’m not sure what distracted me, but I put it down when it just needed the quilting and the edging done and then forgot about it.

It’s done now!

I personalized it on the back with a fabric marker.  I’ll give it to her at Christmas because it just makes sense.

I’m not a skilled quilter by any means, but the cat approves.  In fact, he has offered to take the quilt if Miss C. doesn’t like it.

F is for Frog

I think this is going to be one of my favorite pages.

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E is for Earwig

I’m finally back to work on the alphabet book!

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