Josephine Sews

Last month I realized I hadn't sewn anything for charity in a long time so I decided I would do a Project Linus baby blanket each month.  Today I completed July's blanket. I made my great niece a blanket when she was a baby.  I always use bright colors because that's what I like.  Her mom told me to watch.  She put the baby on the blanket and the baby went wild moving all over.  She picked her up off the blanket and the baby was calm.  She put her back on the blanket and the baby went wild again. It was then I realized the colors were extremely stimulating for her.  Now I give parents the warning - this blanket is not for nap time, it is for play time. How I Did It Everything came from my stash.  I knew I wanted to do embroidery and I knew I wanted to use applique to start to use up my out of control scraps bag.  I spent several hours looking at my embroidery designs trying to decide which ones to use. I finally decided the million embroidery designs (small

I had some time off this week to sew.  My plan was to sew at least one item a day but I did not quite make it.  I started getting sick Tuesday evening, Wednesday it was the worst, Thursday no energy, and Friday I had to run a couple errands and in between each errand I had to come home and lay down. Lekala 4659 I had a shirt, skirt, and pants that I did not get to make.  I only made this shirt a second time because I knew I did not have the energy to make the others and I knew this was an easy sew.  As soon as I started cutting the fabric my body started hurting but I was determined to get one more item sewn before my sewing time ended.  I knew Saturday I had to let my body rest to get well. The fabric came from my stash but I don't know if I like this version as much as the first one.  Since I already reviewed this one here  I won't do my normal review.  Below are pictures of my construction steps.