Our First Sewalong of 2021 - Lockdown Arrivals!

[Iminei]

Well here we are with The Darksides very first Sewalong of 2021

January's Lockdown Arrivals

1/1/2021 - 31/1/2021

After 2020 I have no doubt there will be a baby-boom this year
and Im sure some of you will have new arrivals coming to your families soon
so January is dedicated to creating something for them.

You, Your Daughter, Sister, Daughter in Law might be expecting later this year,
so why not get ahead of the game, create your Gift now and enter the Sewalong too??

What to make???

Cot Quilt, Playmat, Patchwork Changing bag, Papoose,
Knitted Hat and Booties, Baby Blanky or Mobile (not strictly Darkside I know)

Anything for your new arrival ...
and I'm sure there are other things you can think of, my maternal days being long behind me !

This sewalong is open to all TSP peeps !!!

Whatever you make must not have been started before the 1st of January 2021
tho' naturally you can gather your supplies before!

Please post pics from the start, throughout and of the finished item
and at the end of January enter using the template below
and we'll have a poll with a Prize Winners Badge or Patch for the most popular.

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Sewalong Entry Template

Details to include:

Your User Name and  Entry Number (if  entering have more than once )

What is it and for whom (if applicable)

Pattern used (commercial or self-drafted, anything goes)

Fabrics used, new techniques learned

A short description on how you made it, any problems overcome etc.

PLEASE INSERT UP TO 4 PICTURES WITHIN YOUR TEXT

[Kenora]

I had a bag making book for Christmas, along with a box of all the gubbins required to make a bag look like a bag! Hardware, I think they call it. So I need to practice ... I might just make a baby changing bag - that's the nappies that change, not the baby.

Don't know anyone having a baby (just for a change in this family  ) but I expect someone will want it.

[Bjay]

I don't have the time or the machine to do this at present but I do have fabric kept to make a baby quilt.
#When my daughter was married I made my first quilt using the bunting.
I kept enough back of the bunting (I hope) to make a baby quilt for a future baby. $ years on and I am fairly sure there will not be a baby b ut I would still like to make the quilt and this is the  encouragement I need.

However it will be done in my own time and posted as and when

[Efemera]

No small people hereabouts nor ever likely to be ( I’m not keen)...I’ll wait for the next challenge.

[bec]

I'm going to be making an attempt at the Desert Charm Quilt in the smallest size.


It, uh, has a lot of moving parts.. so wish me luck.

Fabrics have arrived:

And I have some white left over which I can use for the background bits.

[Silver Rose]

What a clever design @bec I can see curves although I know there aren't any.

[Sandra]

I think I'm going to join in with this one. Just because I feel like it. Nothing to do with any new arrivals. Honest...(well, none that I'm aware of anyway.)
It's just something small and I'm in the mood to join in. 





It's looking a bit soppy and pink (does it really matter?) but these are the fabrics I've found out of my stash for it. They go together quite well. Might lose some of the pink if it looks too much as I'm going along.

I found a baby quilt online which I liked the look of and I've trimmed it down to make my version a smaller width.

Sandra.
xxx

[Bjay]

Bunting retrieved for bottom back of one of the stash drawers.
Badly crumpled but photo is at it is, may well need to get a couiple of top ups once i've worked out what I will do

[Iminei]

Lovely choice of design there @bec  ... Looking forward to seeing that ...

Add some burgundy/brown or even green to tone down the pink @Sandra

@Bjay  ... Yours will be a triangle quilt then ??? Colour with palest ... or are you adding something else into the mix?

[Lowena]

Soppy and pink  doesn't matter at all 
I have no one to make one for ...but....as I said I would join in things this year I'll give it a go

[Sandra]

Hmmm...OK.
That's not looking all that pink.  Could have been worse.
There's plenty of white in there to soften it.

The outer triangle bits will be a bit more pink, and some of the other colour fabrics.

Sandra.
xxx

[Lachica]

I'd quite like to join this. My best friend's
daughter & wife will be having their second daughter in April. I made a playmat for the first, they have all the obvious things like changing bag etc, any suggestions?

[Sheilago]

I am considering this, as I offered to make a play quilt for a friends grandchild expected in April. However, I am busy helping with child care after my daughter’s new arrival in Dec. It may be that January is not the best timing for me, but I will keep it in mind if I find the time.

[Sandra]

I've done this much.
There will be a (maybe) 2 inch border outside the white in the multi fabrics, then another white outer border.
I've done enough for now. It can sit and stew for a few days before I tackle it again.

Sandra.
xxx

[Acorn]

That is so pretty!