Hey Hey We’re the Monkeys!
13 Jan 2008 Leave a Comment
in Ideas, Sewing, Sharing Skills Tags: baby blankets, burp cloths, shower gifts
OK, you need a few years on you to appreciate that one. But those of us joining the grandmother set have friends having grandchildren and thus showers to attend. I have a friend with a daughter having a shower for a child who’s sex is yet unknown. She likes green….so I obliged. I whipped up 2 soft flannel recieving blankets in a sturdy flanel 45″ square. 
Big enough to really use. These are very simply made…cut the square, use a saucer to curve the corners, serge. I threaded my serger with Metlock in the needle, wooly nylon in the lower looper and the smallest pearl cotton I could find in the upper looper. I set the stitches close together and did a wide 3 thread overlock. Turned out beautiful and soft. Almost looks like a narrow satin binding. Then, my favorite, in the singing monkey flannel, burp cloths. I just improvised a nice “dog bone” shape that would lie on the shoulder. Backed the flannel with a nice plushy terrycloth to absorb well and serged again. Mom-to-be has a nice off beat sense of humor and I think she will enjoy these much more than something that smaks of pink, or blue or baby mint green. Sewing time: 30 minutes. We’re to busy sewing……..
