A while ago a good friend of mine had her first baby. Like me, she has moved overseas and is doing the expat thing. I can really relate, having moved to Singapore when my big girl was almost two, and then having my second girl over there. We spend a lot of time on planes and both my girls have become really good travellers. I wanted to make a gift, which I hoped would be genuinely useful. I found this very clever, and cute,
baby travel blanket and used it as my inspiration.
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| Merriment Design - Baby Travel Blanket |
The fabric used above is absolutely adorable. My girlfriend (an Aussie) is married to a Kiwi and I wanted to find a fabric that incorporated the colours or animals from their homes. I searched all over London, trying to find something really cute, with no luck. I eventually found a fabric I liked when I was on holiday in New Zealand. It's perfect because it has the colours green and gold (for Australia) and there are pictures of fern leaves and Pukekos (for New Zealand). I haven't made a tutorial for this blanket, because there is already a fabulous tutorial at
Merriment Design. I did change the measurements and pockets slightly. Here's the finished blanket:
The tags are a mix of grosgrain, satin, and velvet ribbons, and snag-free velcro. I used a plain blue flannelette on the back. The name was hand embroidered using a stem stitch and blue embroidery thread. For some reason, I had terrible trouble matching up the pattern of the lower pocket with the blanket fabric. The pattern didn't seem to be perfectly symmetrical.
I believe young Ethan has really enjoyed his blanket, and loves all the tags.
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