Baby Kinsley's Blankets

My wonderful in-laws got me a super great gift for Christmas this year.

What a complicated little beauty!

It's what I wanted and I was so excited to get it.

BUT serger's to me seem like engineering or car repairs. Whenever someone I know who does either of these things goes any further into what they do than just their job title, my brain just shuts down and I stare at them blankly (nodding politely of course) while I try to stay focused but am actually thinking about other things. :)

So it is not too surprising that the beautiful serger sat in it's box until this week. Just to excuse myself further for taking this long to open the box I have to also say that my kids are brutal to my sewing machine.

Anytime I leave for a moment, I will come back and find that the presser foot is off, or the stitch has been changed or the thread is no longer through the needle. (AHHH! I must really love sewing or a challenge or SOMETHING to put up with it). And TRUST me, they have been told over and OVER and OVER again not to touch mommy's sewing machine. I'm actually surprised it's lasted this long...knock on wood.

Anyways I would have and probably will FREAK OUT if the serger gets the same treatment from the kids. And so I have kind of been waiting for a special spot in the closet to open up where it can safely be put away after each use.

That finally opened up. I got the serger out of the box. I watched both "Easy, How To" videos and then had a little panic attack.

Why would they show videos of the serger is such poor lighting that you actually can't see what they are doing? It was so frustrating to watch. I must have kept stating my frustration out loud because Novalee finally said, "Who gave this thing to you mom? Can't you just send it back to them?" Haha. She's so cute.

My desire to serge must have been stronger than my desire to give up and pack it up permanently because I decided I would do like the old NIKE slogan and "Just Do It."

It actually wasn't too complicated after all. Sigh. But I still am not sure how to finish off the stitch when I'm done. Oh, well. Eventually I will figure it out. Oh and I only know the one stitch, the one it was set up for to begin with. :)

(Wow I must need someone to socially interact with, this is a lot of typing just to introduce my blankets for baby).

Here are the swaddling blankets. I made five. No, there is no theme...I probably didn't need to say that, since you could guess by the pictures. :)

Oh yes, I'm proud of myself thus the multiple pictures. :)

I can't wait until we can swaddle our newborn in them and they will smell of the sweet newborn baby smell!

And you know how I made Sadie and Novalee matching blankets?

Well I had lots of left over fabric so Novalee made one for her doll.

Then I tried making one for Kinsley for the crib...

But you might be able to tell from the picture that it's too narrow... :(

Oh well, it's done and I'm over it. I have another one in mind so hopefully it turns out better. :)