look, what I found...

 

 

...while looking for some photos in my photo folders; a few posts back, I showed you photos from "Mollie Makes Crochet" including this photo of my crochet-edged baby blankets which are in the book:

from "Mollie Makes Crochet"

Well, these are my own photos of the six prototype blankets I made to go along with the edging patterns; I was asked to make three, one "boy" one, one "girl" one and one neutral one, but, well, I made six and then I had a hard time choosing, so I sent all of them off for the book's photo shoot!

I have to admit that I had a hard time narrowing down my fabric choices, no doubt because there always seems to be so much fabric to choose from; however, I did end up choosing all the fabric from my stash and didn't run out and buy some (pat on my back!)...

The lovely large-scale floral print is vintage sheeting, while the smaller-scaled one and the minky polka dot one (which I have made pillowcases with) is quilting weight cotton which I had lying around.

The two turquoise plaids are flannels and I was quite pleased with how their softness combined with the soft cotton chenille backing and the soft fine milk cotton yarn I used for the edging.

The top fabric in the photo above with the greenish floral stripes is one of my all-time favourite thrift shop finds -- you know, one of those fabrics that you have a hard time cutting into!

All the cotton chenille that I used for the backing was also from my stash (another pat on my back!) and I finally settled on lavender, pink and ivory chenille. I say "finally" because it took me a lot of humming and hawing and several false starts before I settled on my final choices...

 

I especially like the way the vintage-floral-pink-chenille-lavender-edged blankie turned out because I think there is a certain kitschiness about it...

As you can see, I used three different edging motifs (patterns for all three are included in the book) and, while I knew right away that I would use the scallop and lattice ones, it did take me a little while to come up with the picot one which edges the two bottom blankets in the photo below. It all ended up being a fair amount of work but, as I look at these photos now a year later after making them, I feel rather pleased with how they turned out... I do hope you enjoyed this little "photo album" and thank you so much for visiting!

Comments

[Heather]

They are all lovely. I can see why the green stripe is your favorite, and the picot edging has come out lovely. Heather x

[Joy Abbott]

Love your work x

[Angela-Southern USA]

They are all so v-e-r-y lovely!(Love the bottom pink one) Also congrats on being featured in the book! I received a flannel one with my first child, and it became the favorite. I have since made many as gifts for new mommies to be.

[Alessandra]

beautiful !!!!!
xxxxx Ale

[Angela @ Cottage Magpie]

My daughter would adore the pink & lavender blanket. Her bedroom colors are pink, lavender and orange (with tiny bits of yellow, green, aqua to break it up). I haven't yet found any vintage sheets for her, but I keep trying! ~Angela~

[Taciana Simmons]

They are all so beautiful. I have been making baby blankets like these for years and love seen all the different varieties and fabrics. Your work is just fabulous. :)

[Sarah]

I really do Love your eye for colour and fabric, the green floral stripe is just delicious!

[Hannapat]

What an honour and not at all surprising. Your blankets turned out so beautiful and like you I would have struggled to know which to send as they are all so beautiful. I especially love the greenish floral stripe, it is so beautiful and so unique. Gorgeous!! xoxo

[Hedgerow Rose]

All so beautiful. You are so talented!

[vintage grey]

They are all so beautiful and sweet! xo Heather

[Yeechan]

Love the edging, love the colour and patterns!

[mrs robinson]

Such gorgeous baby blankets... and look dreamy in the book, too!

[anna]

Wonderful, marvelous, congratulations and greetings from Poand and Warsaw, bye, ania