Sunday Stash on a Tuesday

As you might have guessed I missed posting my Sunday Stash on Sunday this week. I was very busy this weekend and come Sunday night I was just too tired.

Saturday night we had some good friends over for dinner. I made a delicious feast of mussels (steamed in Sam Adams Summer Ale), avocado chicken burgers, couscous and salad. After dinner I had my first martini and it was amazing. Our guests brought some very tasty brownies that went well with our cocktails. I love cooking for people and having dinner parties. I find it very gratifying.

Sunday we went to a baby shower for a friend of mine who I've known since high school. The blanket and booties that I made were well received. I hope the baby who is expected sometime next month likes them as much as I do.

the coloring is off a little due to the position of the sun

reversible booties

Finally, here is the original reason for this post, this weeks Sunday Stash. This week I've posted my Christmas stash. Now I know it's not even September but, I'm starting a few projects for the holidays early for two reasons: 1. I don't want to leave them to the last minute and be stressed out about it...and... 2. I'm going to need to spread out my projects in order to work on the wedding quilt and other projects simultaneously.

Last but not least...a few totally unrelated but super cute pictures of Little Sister Bear.

Adventures in Baby Blanket Making

Here's the cute baby blanket that I made yesterday and the story that goes with it. This blanket was originally made for a friend's baby shower next weekend. It's made with 6" squares and backed with minky. I was so proud of the blanket and even appliqued baby's first initial on the bottom right corner. When it was all finished I popped it in the wash. Taking it out of the dryer with pride I hold it up to find that the black squares had unraveled and the seams were opening. I am chalking this up to the fact that the black was the only non-designer fabric (i.e. it was the only cheap fabric). Not wanting to give the defective blanket as a gift I appliqued a few pieces over the splits and gave it to my cubs. Conveniently one of the cubs has the same initial so it worked out.

Big Sister Bear was immediately enamored with the blanket. She has a thing for blankets. Little Sister Bear likes chewing on it. She chews on everything.

Tonight I'll be cutting another blanket that will be constructed from only high quality fabric. Stay tuned for take #2 of the gift blanket.