Handmade Granny Square Blankets for My Babes

Some of you frequent readers 

(are there any of those??)  

may remember me saying I was going to make Granny Square blankets for my kids for Christmas

Well, I got them done 

(and NOT at the last minute, believe it or not!) 

They both came together quite nicely and I am so proud of my work!

So I wanted to share!

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 I love these colors all together.

I decided on them based on her bedding color scheme as seen here:

Rag Quilt for Violet

Just last year my 90 year-old Grandmother gave me all of her fabrics and craft supplies...

I can't even BEGIN to tell you how much stuff that is!

She requested only one thing of me 

And that was to make a quilt for my cousin Rachel's little girl for Christmas

Her name is Violet (adorable) and my Grandmother had already picked out a bunch of pretty fabrics with purple and lavender and, duh, violet to make it with.

I was so excited about this project!  

The fabrics she picked out were amazing and I couldn't wait to get started!

Here is little Violet with the finished product

A toddler-bed sized quilt made ESPECIALLY for her!

 Grace (my daughter) and Violet are only a month apart!  (Violet is older)

Here's a pic of them together at our Grandmother's 90th Birthday Party

(Sept 29th 2011)