Years ago, at my first baby shower, a dear friend gave me a copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar - surely one of my most beautifully illustrated children's book of all time. This past winter, when I learned of her pregnancy, I remembered this lovely Eric Carle print and a imagined cozy, lightweight quilt for her California baby. So my mom picked up a few yards of this fabric at The Stitchin Post in Sisters on the way into town one weekend. And I carefully folded it with the rest of my fabric while maintaining the best of intentions. There it languished. After the baby shower. After the delivery. Until a few weeks ago when I hauled out the sewing machine and got to work. (I presume this sweet girl is still small enough to be swaddled.) Regardless, this fabric is perfect for a young child just learning colors and animal sounds.
The pattern for this blanket is from Amy Karol's Bend the Rules Sewing. A previous version of the blanket - sewn for my own baby - can be found here.
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