Rainbow taggies for all!

Remeber the blanket I made for Lucca to come home from the hsopital in?  (If not, check back a few posts and you'll see it!)  The response to her blanket was so overwhelming that I've decided to add them to my Esty store... and ever since I did that I've been making them constantly!  These blankets are SO much fun to make, and I've done a few custom orders, as well.  Here's a sampling of some orders that have gone out recently:

(did you notice Olivia's blanket is upside down?  sorry about that!)

Every time I finish a blanket, it's my favorite one I've done.  Seriously.  I kind of wish I could keep them all, but since I don't have kids with all these names, it makes it a little easier to give them to the UPS man :).

If you love these blankets as much as I do, I'd like to offer you a discount for finding them through my blog!  Buy one through my Etsy shop!  Convo me first and I'll give you free shipping!  I am totally open to custom orders, so if there;s a specific color scheme you're going for, let me know and I'll gladly work with you!  They are great home from the hospital blankets, and tummy time blankets a little further down the road!   The ribbon loops are perfect for attaching links and toys to for baby to eplore! 

Here's the link to my Etsy shop...  http://www.etsy.com/shop/RainaSunshine

Rainbow taggie

Wrapped up all pretty like...

I heart taggie blankets.  And ribbon.  And rainbows.  And minky dot fabric. 

Can you see where I'm going with this?

I have, uh, a pretty solid supply of ribbon.  But with my Etsy shop in a low selling season (www.rainasunshine.etsy.com), I've been looking for some new ways to use all the pretties.  They look lonely just sitting around under my craft table waiting and wishing to be wrapped around a dowel and stuck in the oven!  Answer:  taggies!  All kids love taggies.  Something about the silky ribbon, and the rubbing, and ... I'm yawning already.  It's not just kids :).

So, I thought I'd make my own taggie - pretty simple, and a beautiful result!

Minky fabric, with ribbons pinned in place for sewing

This is one yard of white minky dot, which I could cuddle in for the better part of an afternoon.  I cut ribbons in lengths of approxamately 2.5 inches, folded them in half, and pinned them facing in on the right side.  A matching one yard piece of minky gor sandwiched on top, and I sewed it up until I had about a four inch opening left.  I turned it right side out, closed the opening, then topstitched all the way around - this gives the ribbon some extra stability and also gives the whole blanket a nice finished look.

I loves it.

Some ribbon and topstitching detail

Now, in an effort to be completely honest... I'm not showing you my entire finished blanket here :).  In the center of the front, I appliqued the name of my new baby girl, who is due next week.  (Or tonight.  I'll take tonight.)  It looks beautiful if I do say so myself.  And I do.  I printed letters off the interwebs, traced them onto scraps of fabric in various colors (leftover from fat quarters used in the bonnets), and ironed them on with fusible interfacing.  For lengevity, I also handstitched around them.  BUT... you'll have to wait to see that part.  Sorry :)   Really, I'm dying to tell.  But it's the only surprise we've kept with both girls, and we're so close now...  I can't give in!

I've done a few more taggie projects lately...  more on those later...  and hopefully an update soon with the little lady lounging on her personalized taggie!