Easy babyblanket

I have been wanting to make a babyblanket for ages, so when my friend told me she was pregnant I knew straight away what I was making her! This blanket is super-super easy, and can be made in a day. I choose a pretty 100% cotton fabric which would be the front of the blanket and some fleece fabric for the back. I then looked up the measurements for a baby blanket online and cut both of the fabric to size, allowing a 1 cm seam allowance. With right sides facing, machine stitch the sides of the fabrics together leaving a small gap. Once the sides are al stitched up (except the gap) turn the blanket inside out through the gap so that the right sides appear. Iron the blanket and neaten up the gap by ironing the sides in. Machine or hand stitch the gap so that there are no holes left in the sides of the blanket. I finished the blanket of by sewing some bias band round the edges and adding a sweet 'made with love' label.

New house keyrings

Two of my best friends will be renting an apartment together. I wanted to make them a little present for their new home. It had to be something easy, quick and that I could do in bed. I decided to make a keyring for them to hang their new keys on! I used an old piece of fabric which already had these printed houses on, I then cut a piece of fleece and a piece of cotton fabric and sewed these all together with the fleece in the middle. I then attached a piece of ribbon and sewed on a pretty bow and button. I then cut round the edges with special scissors that give the edges a distressed effect. I added a pretty notebook as I found it very handy to have one little book to write everything down in while packing and moving. And my little 'new home' pressies were ready!

Christmas memories 2014

 

''It's not what's under the Christmas tree that matters  it's who's around it''