Our office recently moved to a new location. There are no lunch places within walking distance but there is a café in the basement. The food is good and the service is great. Naturally, I became a regular :-) Fami works in the cafe and she is usually behind the counter so it was a few weeks before I noticed her pregnant state. To be sure, I asked Frank - Is she expecting a baby. Frank nodded. When I asked, he told me that the baby is due in October. She'll be going on leave soon.
So I did what most of us quilters do. Make something for the baby, and in a hurry.
First stop was burp cloths.
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| Flannel Burp Cloths |
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| Set of Four |
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| Terry Cloth on the back |
That took an hour, even with the ergonomic design.
Could I make a quick quilt? Once upon a time, before the great calamity, when I was browsing a thrift store, I came across a cute alphabet animal fabric. As I started reading the animals in alphabetical order, my mind jumped ahead.
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| Animal Fabric |
"What animal begins with an X?" "Are they just going to skip X." "Only 25 letters in the alphabet???" And then I found X-tinct. Very clever indeed!!!
Used Easter Snoopy fabric as backing. Walking foot quilting following the printed lines. It finished at about 42" by 31". Not quite a quilt but maybe it can serve as a play-mat?
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| Cute Koala bear |
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| Snoopy Rules |
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| Adorable!!! |
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| Labelled |
It is cute and soft and the baby has lots to see.
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| Paul, the model |
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| 42" by 31" |
For the baby, I said, as I handed Fami the bag with the quilted play-mat and the burp cloths. Her face lit up and she thanked me. "It is perfect for a boy," she exclaimed.
I hadn't known but the universe always does :-)
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Jill is one of my co-workers. One day she came to me with a "random request".
Me: I am listening.
Jill: My nephew turns five next week and he has been asking for toy underwear.
Jill: That he has.
It was the sweetest thing. A 5-year old was concerned that his toys were running around without proper covering. If we cared for each other half as much we could solve most of world's problems.
It can be done but I need measurements, I asked. Once I had those I dropped everything to make underwear for Gerald, Miss Piggy, the Tiger and Bus Bus. It became my Dreami (drop everything and make it) for August.
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| My first try using ugly fabric |
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| Chosen Fabrics |
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| Toy Underwear - Models Needed |
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| Model Frog - This worked!!! |
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| Thank you Froggie :-) |
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| Very good model :-) |
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| Model with a Smile :-) |
The toy underwear were delivered to Jill and I anxiously waited for the verdict. I got a text from Jill and then the pictures followed.
My heart just melted.
The remaining fabrics from the toy underwear were quickly turned into zippered pouches which Jill purchased immediately.
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| Dinosaurs |
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| Penguins |
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| In Space |
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| Stuck in Traffic! |
No butt was left uncovered. Crayons, pencils and erasers found a safe haven. And everybody lived happily ever after.
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