Preparing for a flood has put a damper on many of my baby preparations. The kid's room has become our storage room to secure all of our belongings upstairs. Dexter hasn't been able to transition into his big boy bed, I haven't been able to get her clothes as ready as I had hoped because they are stored in a box for a quick grab in case of evacuation. The list could go on, but I'll stop. I did get some projects finished for her though. One of my biggest heartaches, was not having her blessing dress. I had this scenario in my mind where we told to evacuate and I forgot to grab the pattern and supplies to make her dress. It broke my heart! While we were in the "risky" waiting game of the flood waters arrival, I worked hard to get her dress completed. I'm proud to say, that this is the first time I followed a real pattern, deciphered it, and sewed it, all on my own and it wasn't a flop! I think it turned out beautiful.
The front
bottom detail
Back
Close up of the front
Close up of the back
I have a little rose I am planning on putting on the front, top but I haven't decided where. I love it! It is so sweet and simple. Ashton was quite picky about this dress, (not long, not slippery, the list goes on...) but this made the cut :).
I also made a blanket for her. That was finished a while ago, but I hadn't gotten around to blogging about it. It is actually the second blanket, but I scrapped the first one because I didn't like the material I had chosen. I found the brown material with the vining flowers on it and new it was for her.
I also hand quilted it. I had no idea what I was doing, but I enjoyed every minute of it. I think it turned out well. Here is a picture of the back so you can see the quilting better. (Dex needed to be in a picture)
And in case you didn't catch it, we are naming her Juliette. We aren't sure of a middle name yet, but Juliette is certain. Ashton calls her JJ (Juliette Jenks) already and Dexter has taken to calling her Baby JJ. It's pretty cute.
