Crochet for Baby Girl

My friend's daughter is having her first baby in May.

Here are some gifts I crocheted for the baby girl.

Baby blanket (and all the items shown here) are made from Caron Simply Soft yarn.

 Close up of the baby blanket

Sweater made with Aunt Jen Sweater pattern from Sandi Angels.
Apparently the Sandi Angels site is no longer available
but Ravelry had the link from web archive.

I started with  Alli's Crochet Hats patterns and then made some adaptations.
For this hat, added the open work and the scalloped edge.

Since baby is due in May, I wanted the booties to be more open.
Began with Earth Baby's Bootie
adapting it by adding a back and tie to help booties stay on.

Flower pattern is from Nichole Heady.
Used Internet Archive to search for Nichole's old blog post and found it here:
Nichole's Crochet Flower

Added a cuff to this hat.

Used Little Birdie Secrets Heart pattern.

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Flower Cards

Here are some cards I made recently.

Stampers Anonymous: Tim Holtz Flower GardenCMS215
Hero Arts: DC184 Ribbon Messages Stamp & Cut
(all cards shown use that die and one of the stamps from this set),
C2773 Scatter Joy
Stampin' UP!: Letters from friends, Seaside Sketches
Inks: Distress seedless preserves, peeled paint, antique linen
Spellbinders Grid SES-003 embossing folder
Wooden butterfly charm from my stash

The trees and birds layer is from my stash.
Think the trees are SU's Serene Silhouette
and the birds are from a Tim Holtz set.
Spellbinders Flowers and Leaves SES-008 embossing folder
Versafine Black Onyx ink
Twine from my stash

Used Stampin' UP's watercolor pencils (gift from my neighbor who was getting rid of them)
to "color" the Rubber Stampede Solidago Sprig 2875F. At first I added a drop of water to my craft sheet and dipped the pencil in it then colored onto the rubber, then stamped. There was a lot of color on the stamp, so I spritzed it with water. I'm thinking that spraying a fine mist onto the rubber first, then coloring in might be a better method. I was very fun playing with the watercolor pencils.
I used a piece of mulberry paper over my white oval spellbinders Labels 10 shape. Used Cuttlebug D'vine Swirls Embossing Folder  on background layer.
Stampin' UP! Lavender Lace ink
Fibers from my stash

This image and the next are of the same card.
 I cut a scalloped oval from the front.
Then cut an oval (Spellbinders Labels 10) from white cardstock.
Dry embossed that with Cuttlebug's Script.
 I adhered that to the inside.

and added a fussy cut,  watercolor pencil colored flower on top.
Fibers from my stash.

Another view, with a peek to the inside of this card.

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Sewing Hooded Towels

I had a lot of fun making hooded towels recently
using a great tutorial found at Hayley's Project Nursery +Junior blog.

Before starting, I pre-washed all the towels.
I added a different fabric applique to each hood
 to tell them apart.
Used fusible web to bond it to the hood
then sewed it with a satin stitch.
These went together very quickly.

Here are photos of  what they look like on the kids.

Emily, my daughter with Gavin and Vivian.

Emily and Vivian

Emily and Gavin.

Not pictured...Alex
and my honorary grandchildren, Henry and Lucy!

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