For some time now, my grandson Alastair has needed another set of Pack N Play sheets. Finally, these were finished and mailed to him a few days ago. This time, instead of pima cotton, I used a heavy cotton flannel, which I thought would be cozier as the weather turns cooler.
This set was really fun to make , especially playing with the Terrific Turtles designs from Dakota Collectibles. As I stitched the turtles, I imagined Alastair enjoying these same activities when he is a little older.
I visualized him on a picnic, probably spillling juice and smearing cupcake frosting on his great grandmother’s threadbare red and white handstitched quilt,
at the beach, where his parents hate to go, but will take him in order to see the wonder and delight in his sweet little face,
and fishing with Oma and Opa who will be certain that he learns the basics as soon as he can hold a pole. Of course, in my visions, he is much better looking than these turtles, or even the Gerber baby.
It’s pretty obvious that for me the bloom is still on the rose of grandparenthood.
On the change table cover I used the Deco font from Monogram Wizard Plus for the Turtles text. With the heavy blue Madeira applique’ border at the bottom, it seemed that the top needed a sizeable embriodery for balance. I chose the Deco font specifically because it made possible the inclusion of all the thread colors in the turtle designs.
The underwater scene is the combination of two designs. The sandy ocean floor and plants were copied and pasted in order to create enough width for the added frog.
After receiving the sheets, my darling daughter took the time to photograph them for me. For the past several months, I thought the flash on my digital camera was broken. So for this blog, I have taken most of my pictures outside. I didn’t feel like dragging the Pack N Play outdoors for a photo shoot so I asked Rebecca to take pictures. It turns out that there is a button to enable the flash! Who knew? My tech savvy husband showed me this yesterday and now I’m sorry for asking Rebecca, a very busy young mother, to do this for me. But now that I know where the button is, I can take indoor shots. Hurrah!
