Tamsey's Treasures: 2008

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Boutique or Designer burp cloths / tag-along blanket

Blue and Green Flowers burp cloth / tag-along

Hot Pink Paisley burp cloth / tag-along

I made both of these to match nursing wraps that I made, but they did not sell with the nursing wraps on ebay. I still have both of these materials (hot pink paisley and green and blue flower) to make other hooter hiders that match. This would be a great gift combo for any new (or experienced) mom:).

It's a lot of fun to make these because I can be creative with fabric and ribbons. My "tag blanket" listing was taken off of ebay because of violation of of Taggies Inc patent. I don't make tag blankets to sell on ebay anymore, but will continue to make them as gifts or requests by friends and family.

I still have tons of ribbon and material left to make tag blankets, so I decided to make a burp cloth with a tag fringe that has three layers - the green and blue flower one has two layers of cotton cloth diaper material for absorbency and one layer of 100% cotton, high-quality print material. I quilted these layers together and added decorative ribbon. The pink paisley one also has three layers, but only the middle layer is the cotton cloth diaper. The other two layers: a pieced together top layer - 100% cotton, high quality pink paisley checkered with a hot pink satiny material, and the bottom layer, a light pink flannel with decorative ribbon at each. All layers are quilted together.

You may think this is rather fancy for a burp cloth, but today's young mom is fun and fashionable. Also, the burp cloth can match a hooter hider and can double as a "tag-along" blankey or an interesting thing for baby to play with and featuring different textured ribbons (or "tags"). A very versatile accessory:).

Monday, February 4, 2008

Storefront

The Storefront on the right is not in operation yet, so please don't try to order through that. Either leave a comment on the post (at the bottom of the post), e-mail, or call:).

Notes on Fabric Options - listed below

All of the new fabric I posted I got at a quilt shop in Colby, KS as "Gramma Shell" and I were driving from Colorado to Derby, KS with the kids. This is almost exactly half way (the whole trip takes about 9 hours). This fabric was not cheap, but was irresistible for making nursing wraps. The new fabric is also very soft, high quality cotton.

I took the pictures with a regular-size diaper pin (are these used anymore?) that had a white head to show the scale (or size) of the pattern. I had the diaper pin leftover from when my hubby and I thought we were going to use cloth diapers on our first son, who is now 5 years old. Disposable won out though, just too convenient! Other pictures show a penny to show scale. I decided that a diaper pin was pretty universal and cuter (and probably cleaner) than a penny.

I only have one yard of each of these (which makes one nursing wrap), except for the hot pink paisley, of which I have two yards. Most people who see this site at this point are friends, family, or people I have referred to this page to see my choice of fabric...so hello!, God bless!, and happy choosing!

More Fabric Options for Nursing Wraps

Bright Blue Paisley

Hot Pink Paisley

Round Blue Flowers

Brown and Aqua Design

Shades of Red and Pink Paisley

Pink and Brown Bloom Design

Pink and Brown Shopping Girls

Red and White Flowers

Brown and Light Blue Swirls

Brown and Aqua Flowers on Brown Background

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Fabric Options for Nursing Wraps

Small Flowers on Cream

Brown and Aqua Paisley

Black and White Flowers

MultiColor Bubble

'Lil Cowpoke

Pink Flowers

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Pink Paisley with Fine Black Lines

The hooter hiders below the fabric options are not actually for sale, but are an example of what they look like. This pink one is one I made that already sold.

Air Force Tag Blankie

This one is so cool and so soft! It is fleece on the "jet" side and red dot minky on the other side. This one was up for sale on ebay and did not sell, so I decided I'd keep it for a friend or for an Air Force wife that liked it for a gift or for her own baby.

Planets Tag Blanket

This one has light green minky dot fabric on the other side.

Blue Kaleidescope Hooter Hider

Aqua and white bubbles hooter hider

'Lil Cowgirls/Bandana Tag Blankie

This one is cute. It's definitely western with two corners having the red bandanna material and the other two corners with little cowgirls playing. The other side is a white minky dot fabric throughout. A variety of textures and widths of ribbons. This measures 16x16".