I’ve always admired women who were able to get things done during their pregnancies–with both Breanne and Janey, it seemed like all I could do was live from day to day, nothing new or extra. For whatever reason, this pregnancy I’ve had a little more desire to craft, and many more things I want to make, and even some energy to do them, so I’ve been trying to get them done. I realized the other day when I was getting things out for the new baby that Janey has taken over most of the baby blankets and uses them for her baby dolls. I don’t want her to be taking blankets from the baby, so I picked up some fabric a few days ago, and came up with these blankets today:

A few things of note: I love the purple fabrics, and the edges are purposely left unfinished and cut so they’ll fray over time, as you can see in this tutorial, which is also where I got the idea for the blanket. One more thing on this blanket–it was my first time using a zigzag stitch on my machine… go me!

And then there’s this beauty, which I LOVE the fabrics on:

Using a tutorial from the same site, for this blanket, I learned how to sew on rick rack, which I know seems obvious, but was actually different from how I saw it working in my head. Don’t you love this happy fabric? And I think the rick rack makes it just slightly more girly, so maybe people will still realize the baby is a girl when she’s wrapped in it… maybe?

And last but not least, I picked up 2 yards of this fabric, which I love and reminds me of my childhood. I intended on just using it front and back for one more blanket… but I’m not certain I love that idea. What would you do with it?

Next up: a nursing cover. I have the materials and everything, just need to get it done. Hopefully in the next few hours, if Janey will EVER take a nap… all of a sudden she has no desire to nap in her bed. So frustrating. I’m pretty sure I’m going to NEED her to take a nap when the baby gets here. If you have any great suggestions on getting her to stay in her bed for naptime, just let me know.