Welcome Baby Kate

This morning Lulu and I went to visit baby Kate, oh what a cutie (cluck cluck).


Lulu thought she was great fun and she also had a nice time with her brother who is 2 years 3 months and full of happy beans.

I made this quilt for Kate. (click on pictures for a larger image if desired)

Instead of batting I used a layer of thick diaper flannel. I had prewashed this when I got some years ago but I did notice a good amount of shrinkage after washing and drying the quilt but I think it just added to the crinkle look and gave it character. The Raggedy Ann and Stripes fabric were purchased from the fabric man in Al Khuwair.



For her brother (becuase lets face it new bubs get all the nice presents don't they!) there is this car carrier.

This is an in-the-hoop project from Sewingforsarah. His initials are embroidered on the front and it closes with three snaps. My hand stitching is pretty average and I hope over time it will improve and look more like an adult did it rather than a six year old.

This should be useful when he is traveling soon.

For Mum and Dad there is this sling with matching bag.


I think it has been a good year since I made one of my slings so I had to stop and think for a moment LOL, but it all came together in the end. I put a zipper pocket on this one as I thought it might be useful for a mobile, keys, nappy and some wipes for a quick jaunt up to the coffee shop up the road.

It was lovely to catch up and have a nice chat. They are off on holidays now but we hope to catch up when they get back :-)

Thanks for stopping by ...