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I'll be honest, I have really struggled with the idea that we will be bringing a baby home soon. I think all of his heath scares along with other tragedies involving close friends have made me nervous about getting things ready. That said, I finally got a few things done for our new arrival. And, I think emotionally I am finally getting there.
Everyone has different things they "need" to get done for a new baby. Here are a few of mine.
I made this little hat and bootie set for our little guy. I am hoping it will fit him well enough to bring him home in it. I thought the hat might be too big, Kent thought it looked small. I reminded him that I hoped the baby's head wasn't too much bigger. It is always hard to make wearable things for a baby that is not here yet.

I really do LOVE the way this quilt turned out. I fell in love with the "Fun with Dick and Jane" print before I had a pattern, but I had to buy it anyway. (The light blue has small illustrations from the book, the white and black is actually text from the books, and the yellow and blue are just cute dot patterns). Good friends helped me find the quilt pattern (thanks Lesa and Sheena), and I think it was the easiest quilt I have done. I quilted it on the sewing machine, and the only tricky part was quilting around the circles. Circles are probably best to hand quilt, at least for me.

D loves the quilt he is really into "Dick and Jane" right now. He said he is excited to read quilt to the baby, and then maybe he will read the book to him too.


Here is the back of the quilt. A good friend suggested adding a strip panel down the back to extend the fabric to the right size and I really like the look (thanks Kins).

So, now that I have made a few things for the new bundle of joy, I should probably focus on the real essentials. You know, like a place to sleep, clothes, car seat, diapers.....all the things I should be focusing on. At least I have a few more weeks.

Comments

Cassie and Mark said…
The quilt turned out super cute!
January 7, 2010 at 3:14 PM
Orange said…
Oh, I love the quilt! I have never thought of doing a nine-patch with rectangles instead of squares- that makes it a bit different :) Also, I forgotten about that dark blue with the dots on string- I love that! The quilting looks great as well!
January 7, 2010 at 6:58 PM
Cindy Sage said…
Love the hat! Do you hat a quilter or do you take it somewhere to have it qulited? Looks great!
January 8, 2010 at 8:39 AM
Mariam said…
I went to a class a few years ago and learned how to machine quilt on my machine. It is actually lots easier than it seems. Although, I have never tried to quilt a bigger quilt.
January 8, 2010 at 10:37 AM
Rachel said…
I really need to come over for a tutorial on the hat and bottied :) The qilt is adorable!!
January 13, 2010 at 4:41 PM
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