baby bunting blanket

A while ago I got fabric to make this blanket for our neighbors who are expecting their second child in September. I had made a (hand) quilted playmat for their first, and wanted to give them something cute for this baby too. I just needed something considerably quicker.....so this is what I came up with.

here is the playmat I made for them last year.

quilted playmat

I used a combination of valori wells karavan flannel, michael miller garden walk, and Sarah Jane children at play to make this blanket. and I threw a strip of kona bone in there after deciding that I wanted the bunting applique to stand out better than it would on the floral. 

The flannel fabric photographs horribly. It ends up looking like a regular woven that I shot with a flash. 

 

the entire back is made of the flannel so there is a nice snuggly side

the sweet sarah jane prints were used to make the bunting triangles. 

I love bunting. sigh. 

I think the blanket came out really cute. It just took me forever to get together because every time I tried to work on it the kids would start freaking out. Because of how large the panels of fabric were I had to use the floor to spread things out. Yesterday when I was furiously trying to just get this thing done and out of my queue, I had Violet crawling all over me at the machine, poking at things and yanking at my spool, and Clover crowding next to me with her head under my left arm. Good thing you can't really tell how crooked some of those lines were.... Yeesh.

Now I just need to deliver the goods before something terrible happens to it.