Fairfield!

Brian is in the midst of a busy tax season, so he sent me home to see my parents for a week!  I did my first-ever solo road trip.  I borrowed my in-laws car while they were in Hawaii—so generous of them to let me use it!  I don’t think my car would have made it much further than Salem.  I listened to books on tape and had a few snacks and made it through the mountain passes without any problem.  I got there last Saturday evening and ended up staying through Sunday morning.  I had such a great time with my parents!

Of course my mom and I worked on projects while I was there—we just aren’t the sit-around and chat kind of family—we like to be doing something while we chat!  I came with a few projects in mind—burp cloths and baby tag blankets.  While I was working on burp cloths (they took me much longer than they should have) my mom worked on the little baby blankets and even made me a darling car seat cover. 

I used the tutorial from one of my favorite blogs and they turned out great!  I used cotton on the front and a very soft terry cloth on the back.  When I picked out the fabric I originally had pink terry cloth and some really pretty pink fabrics for the front, but when I talked to my mom she wondered if I should get something a little more gender neutral so I don’t have to make another set for when I have a boy.  After how long these took me I’m really glad I went with gender neutral colors!  From one yard of terry cloth I was able to make 13 burp cloths. 

 

I decided to make 4 little tag blankets, hoping that she’ll like them enough to become attached to them instead of large blankets/quilts.  We used plush pink raised dotted fabric for the front and pink satin for the back with an assortment of different sized/texture/colored ribbons around.  They are about 14 x14 inches big.  I love how they turned out!  Thanks Mom!