Snoedel and Seeds

I found some really cute dolls online and had a friend that used to make them years ago. One name for them is snoedels. Basically, its a knotted doll made from a flannel blanket. We went to Hancock Fabrics yesterday - hoping to walk the baby out *g* - and bought some gorgeous gender neutral fabric. A lot of the fabric was very boy/girl gender specific. I also found some contrasting fabric for the hat. The rest of the notions we had at home already.

The picture above shows the blanket without the "hands" knotted. I stitched the blanket together, leaving a small side open and turned right side out. Then I went over it with a cute overstitch that my Kenmore/Janome machine has programmed. (The girls especially adore all the awesome stitches! Once we know if we have an Elijah or Naomi we'll use the monogramming to put their name on the blanket). If you look at the picture at the bottom you can see the little vine that is stitched around. We also hemmed a cute little hat and stitched it on top.

Here are the knots for the hands. They're bulky. We'll probably leave it unknotted for now and when baby is older put the knots in if wanted. The girls prefer it without knots.

This picture is true to the color of the actual blanket. It's a vibrant color and ultra-soft.




Above are some of the greenhouses that the kids are using to grow seeds. It is part of their Keepers/Contenders club. They have sprouted, we'll post an updated picture later on. The club is organized by my friend Diana and we're having the boys & girls do gardening together.. even the little ones are sprouting seeds.

I'm surrounded by crafty friends lately! Diana is making colonial layette sets for babies.. Another friend, Jo, finished up an awesome set of pocket diapers for Noah. They're all BEAUTIFUL colors. I'll have to show a picture later on, he's got a whole rainbow. Bright orange, red, blue, celery, sage, pale blue, and so on. Her site is www.jolibebes.com if you're in the market for diapers. I was a Fuzzi Bunz posterchild, but the fleece and fit of her pockets is so much nicer. FB really can't compare!

We're using kissaluvs on the newest arrival.. whenever s/he arrives! :)

Happy Resurrection Day!