{"id":17850,"date":"2011-08-31T21:38:17","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T01:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=17850"},"modified":"2012-02-22T01:41:46","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T06:41:46","slug":"alastairs-butterfly-baby-blanket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/31\/alastairs-butterfly-baby-blanket\/","title":{"rendered":"Alastair’s Butterfly Baby Blanket"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alastair taking his nap<\/p><\/div>\n

Two things I dislike about my granddaughter\u00e2\u20ac\u201cwhen she won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t take her afternoon nap, and when she won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t let me take mine<\/em><\/strong>. ~Gene Perret<\/p>\n

In a few hours, our grandson Alastair will arrive with his parents for a short visit.\u00c2\u00a0 We haven’t seen him for more than a month, so we are really looking forward to seeing the changes that come so quickly in a 2 year old.
\nThe photo above reminded me how sweet an infant he was and how much I enjoyed making pretty things for the newest member of the family.<\/p>\n

This Swiss flannel blanket is one of my daughter Rebecca\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s favorites for her baby boy.\u00c2\u00a0 It is embroidered with designs from Hatched in Africa<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 The floral \u00e2\u20ac\u009dC\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 is from their Daisy Monogram and the butterflies are from Daisy Heirlooms.<\/p>\n

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\nThe blanket is edged with a fabulous English lace that is sturdy enough to hold up to serious laundering and yet delicate enough to look good with flowers and butterflies.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The embroideries are interspersed with feather stitching.<\/p>\n

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\nThe lace header is very wide, but I just trim it down to half its size.\u00c2\u00a0 The lace was placed on the blanket, with the right side of the blanket to wrong side of the lace,\u00c2\u00a0 matching the raw edge of the blanket to the decorative edge of the lace. A straight stitch was sewn\u00c2\u00a0 in the narrow header.<\/p>\n

The raw edged fabric under the lace is pressed toward the blanket center and away from the lace.\u00c2\u00a0 Then the lace is\u00c2\u00a0 pin stitched over the fold, usually with a width of 2.5 and length of 2.5.\u00c2\u00a0 Finally, I cut away that 1\/2\u00e2\u20ac\u00b3 raw edged excess fabric and give a final press.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 This makes for a very secure lace attachment.\u00c2\u00a0 This lace is\u00c2\u00a0 available at the JaniceFergusonSews store<\/a> (see “A STORE” at the top of the menu on the right).<\/p>\n

When I made this blanket, I thought it would be for a little granddaughter.\u00c2\u00a0 But ultrasound pictures made it clear that a baby boy was on the way.\u00c2\u00a0 That didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t concern my daughter, God love her.\u00c2\u00a0 She adores the blanket and thinks, as do I, that it is just fine for her beautiful little guy.\u00c2\u00a0 Wisely, Rebecca did not feel the same about the pink, lace trimmed daygown that awaits her someday daughter.\u00c2\u00a0 There is still more fun in years to come!<\/p>\n

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Swiss flannel is a marvelous fabric for babies.\u00c2\u00a0 The weight is perfect year-round here in Florida.\u00c2\u00a0 The dainty nap is just enough to give a snuggle factor to the heirloom blanket.\u00c2\u00a0 It looks best when ironed, but neither of my girls (Rebecca and Shelly,\u00c2\u00a0 Laurel and Robert\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mama)\u00c2\u00a0 iron them every time and still they look neat and sweet.<\/p>\n

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Butterfly Blanket<\/p><\/div>\n

Baby blankets are just a joy to make\u00e2\u20ac\u201cno fitting, no buttonholes, no plackets, just all the lace and embroidery you want.\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m eager to make another, but I keep eyeing the flannel receiving blankets with the crocheted edge on Jeannie B.’s blog<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe it’s time for this crochet novice to try\u00c2\u00a0 something new.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two things I dislike about my granddaughter\u00e2\u20ac\u201cwhen she won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t take her afternoon nap, and when she won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t let me take mine. ~Gene Perret In a few hours, our grandson Alastair will arrive with his parents for a short visit.\u00c2\u00a0 We … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,28,18,64],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17850"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17850"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21100,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17850\/revisions\/21100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}