Lara310809
Mum of 3 girls
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Ladies, since LO was born, I don't know what's come over me, I suddenly want to make her lots of pretty bedding 
I'm not very skilled with a needle, but I have made a couple of blankets for LO already (lightweight cotton ones because all the others I had were too hot for the Med summer), and want to make a couple more things too. I'm not daring to venture into clothes yet, but would like to mimic the "taggy" idea, and make LO one that is personalised. What I wanted to ask though, is for some ideas for things I could add to it to make it personalised. I was thinking of having her name put on it, and perhaps her DOB, but maybe there is something else I could do instead? I have loads of ribbon I'm not using (turquoise, grey and red), so want to incorporate whatever I can without them clashing. Perhaps a little patchwork thing would be good, but it might look too busy with her name etc added
Another thing I wanted to ask is hwo you get your material square. I just about managed to get the blankets square, but when you fold them, you see that the ends don't all meet. Whoops. My only idea is sticking a massive photo frame on the material and cutting the material parallel to the frame
The other thing I want to do is make her a patchwork quilt; nothing hexagonal, but little squares; something straightforward...
I don't have a sewing machine
I'm not very skilled with a needle, but I have made a couple of blankets for LO already (lightweight cotton ones because all the others I had were too hot for the Med summer), and want to make a couple more things too. I'm not daring to venture into clothes yet, but would like to mimic the "taggy" idea, and make LO one that is personalised. What I wanted to ask though, is for some ideas for things I could add to it to make it personalised. I was thinking of having her name put on it, and perhaps her DOB, but maybe there is something else I could do instead? I have loads of ribbon I'm not using (turquoise, grey and red), so want to incorporate whatever I can without them clashing. Perhaps a little patchwork thing would be good, but it might look too busy with her name etc added
Another thing I wanted to ask is hwo you get your material square. I just about managed to get the blankets square, but when you fold them, you see that the ends don't all meet. Whoops. My only idea is sticking a massive photo frame on the material and cutting the material parallel to the frame
The other thing I want to do is make her a patchwork quilt; nothing hexagonal, but little squares; something straightforward...
I don't have a sewing machine
