Another Stocking!

I finished making three of those tied fleece blankets for Crazy Dee for her gift giving this year. I had also mentioned to her that I had just finished Miss Vivien's First Christmas Stocking. She immediately chimed in that her not quite one month old grandson needed a First Christmas Stocking!
And always wanting to please CD, I started making squares of the fleece scraps.
And now Jonathan Daniel has a fleecey new sockie. With a satin lining from scraps of long ago used bridesmaid dress material, Jonathan can be assured that many little toys can slink down to the very toe....
Yay scraps! Yay babies! Yay Christmas!

Of Course, We Need a Grocery Cart Cover!

If Vivien needs a Grocery Cart Cover, then I think Grammy and Poppy should do something about it.
I can research it on the Internet.
I found a pattern. Jan Andrea at http://crafts/sleepingbaby.net/cart_cover.html.
But it needed interpreting. Not that Jan was complex, it's just that my mind seldom goes to it's technical side. That's where Poppy comes in. He immediately drafted a paper pattern following Jan's suggestions and then handed it over to me. Okay. It looks a little ghost like and even cutting it out, I still didn't know what I was supposed to do with it. I figured it would eventually hit me.

Eureka! The brain cells cooperated and the necessary sewing was figured out and a trip to the local grocery store for a fitting and off to Cincinnati it went! I read all the instructions and agreed with Jan that a little tote bag of my own design would be nice to transport it. And provide a little extra seating padding on the cart seat for The Viviers. We are ALL about her comfort....

And you can see why!

Here she is at a restaurant with Mama and Daddy, happy as a clam and cute as a bug.

Here's to sewing for grandchildren!!!