A blog everyday in September: Day 10 Swap Ideas Day

I follow a blog about motherhood and saw that the writer did a 'blog every day in August' challenge and I really enjoyed reading it, so I have decided to take part in Chickywiggle's blog every day in September

Day ten: Swap ideas day

So, I have to hope that my brothers and sister-in-laws don't find this one! (I am pretty sure they don't read it, but if you are STOP now!!!)

Both my brother are having babies this year and I was racking my brain to think, what can I make them both? I needed it to be fairly straight forward, not too time consuming (I may have mentioned that I have a baby -  here and here!). But I also wanted it to be something the babies could keep.


So - here it is. A memory blanket.

I have printed photos onto fabric and created a patchwork blanket for my new niece/nephew x2!

My brother as a baby on his new memory blanket, wrapped and ready to go.

I used PhotoFabric Sheets from Amazon. They were about £15 including postage so I only ordered one set, unsure how good the photos would come out. As you can see above - they were fantastic. All the baby photos were traditional photos so the quality wasn't great, but the printing was great. You just put the fabric in your printer like you usually would with paper.

I have added a baby photo and small child photo of each parent, and then some couples pictures too (e.g. one couple is married so I have included a wedding photo!)

This image shows the other blanket I am making, not finished just yet, but almost there. It's just to give you an idea of the overall effect.

So there you have it - a unique baby gift! Now, if I could only find the time to make one for myself..!

What do you think?