Josephine Sews

I needed a quick fix sewing success so I went back to Lekala 4878.  This top because is so comfortable to wear. Lekala 4878 I won't do my normal format because I have already done that here .  The fabric used is a cotton voile that I bought some time ago from the Mary Tilton website. The original sewing plan was to make a pair of Jaile's  Eleonore Pull-On-Jeans because I figured it would be a quick and easy sewing project but not so for me.   Anyway after the first muslin I was so frustrated I put the project down.  I will  eventually get back to making a pair of jeans. Using fabric with such a bold print hides the design of the top but it was what I had on hand to work with.  In any case all the color makes me happy.

I love making personalize baby gifts and these were for a co-worker.  I did not use a pattern for the blanket but did use the Sew4Home.com one for the bib and burp cloth .  The embroidery designs came from Bunnycup Embroidery . Skipping my normal posting format since I have made a gazillion baby blankets and the instructions for the bib and burp cloth are on the Sew4Home website (link included above).  This should have been a May 2019 posting since I completed these items earlier in May but I never got around to posting them. The are only two points worth noting then it will be all pictures. I chose not to use binding on the edges of the bib and burp cloth.  The tight circle of the bib made me reconsider using the binding this time. I always customize the blanket for a particular baby with embroidery.  Batiks are my fabric of choice for quilting but I have finally realized my embroidery is getting lost in the batik.  That gave me an excuse to go crazy when I went to my