My friend ("The Queen of Everything") is soon to be a Grandma for the first time. Her daughter, Cate loves monkeys and her favorite colors are red and orange. I like to make nursery pillows as shower gifts, and so I put together this appliqued monkey. I used a pattern by Barbra Viall, originally designed for felted wool, copyright 2000, and no longer available according to the internet. I used batiks and calicos from my fabric stash and heatnbond lite, an iron-on adhesive. I top stitched the raw edges and made a overlap sleeve for the back.
Today's shower was a delightful intergenerational gathering of women...friends and relatives of the mom-to-be. Such hope and love and promise filled the room. A new baby, a new year...
Refreshing. Optimistic. Wonderful.
That's exactly the way I felt and still feel with a new baby on the way. Whether it's mother or grandmother-to-be.
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dear karen, thanks for sharing in our joy today!
ReplyDeletethe monkey pillow is awesome. tqoe and family
How adorable and what a great idea!
ReplyDeleteThe older one gets, the more precious new babies seem to be. I find myself drawn to admire every little one I see wherever I'm shopping. Our own dear little girl-child, grand-daughter Charlotte, has restored my sanity at a difficult time in our lives.
ReplyDeleteI imagine there was grace abundant in your "intergenerational gathering of women." Hope warming each breast with the simple miracle of a child.... A perfect beginning to 2013.
ReplyDeleteI'm smiling just thinking about the delight your pillow will bring to the little one.
So cute and, yes, a new baby coming is like a breath of fresh air!! What a sweet gift!!
ReplyDeleteFabulous little monkey:)
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