Can I get a Whoop Whoop? (baby blankets)

 Sarah over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict is our host for this meme each week.

Thank you Sarah for being an awesome host. There are lots of links over there already.

 A nurse at work is expecting her first child, due in September and 

I decided to make this self binding receiving blanket for her. 

She is having a boy so off I go to look for boyish flannel and this is what I 

found at JoAnn's Fabrics.

Cute huh?

I got enough for a second gift for another co-worker also expecting a boy

in November.

 Starting the sewing. First thing you have to do if find the centers of each side.

A pinning I go.

 This is how the self-binding looks after you get it sewn together.

 Then I added the rickrack along the seam

and this time I used a zigzag stitch to sew on the rickrack.

I love how that came out much better.

From now on it will be the zigzag stitch.

 I had enough to make a couple of burp cloths.

One out of each fabric.

 I made it the same on both sides rather than using

each fabric for each side.

Makes for a nice set. 

And the expectant mother loved it.

That made it worth while.

I used the tutorial here to made the blanket.

Happy Sewing!

Linnea