I was excited while we were expecting Brooke to know ahead of time that she would be a girl... that meant that I could skip the gender neutral colors that I used for Kara's baby blanket. However, in doing this project, I learned that I like working on projects that are all one piece, even if you have to change colors. This blanket required making 35 octagons, 20 squares, stitching them together, then filling in the gaps and putting on a border. Towards the end of my pregnancy, I was still working and put on bedrest. Having a 2 year old at home didn't help much. I finished the octagons, but put the blanket away to finish another time before I was all the way done.
Fast forward a couple of years... I found the pieces to the blanket, but I had lost the pattern book. I tried searching craft stores and online for it for the next couple of years, but had no luck. At one point I decided I would stitch together the octagons and make up my own pattern from there. I got stuck and frustrated and put it back away.
Two moves later, I found the pattern again! And the pieces! So finally last week I set out to finish this... Brooke was very excited to see me working on it!
And here are the pictures of the finished blanket! I'm going to wash it and then Brooke can enjoy it! One more seriously old project that's finished nagging me!
1 comment:
It's beautiful! What a ton of work!
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