Cowboys vs Redskins

Obviously, the Cowboys have proven yet again this season they are better than the Redskins!  With that said, I can now tell you about my next sewing project.  

After I made those clips for my niece, I was trying to figure out what my next project would be.  I quickly remembered J's mom's birthday was coming up on new year's eve and she's (unfortunately) a huge Redskins fan.  J is also a Redskins fan, but I'm slowly conforming him into a Cowboys fan.  And, as I write this he is saying "No, no, a sympathist maybe".  Yeah, we'll see who wins this argument (obviously me).   Anyways, so my idea was to make his mom a Redskins fleece blanket.  

Luckily JoAnn's had some Redskins fabric AND they had some awesome looking flannel Cowboys fleece.  *Idea struck!* - after I make the Redskins blanket, I can make a sort of "house divided" Cowboys/Redskins blanket for J.  That way when I visit, I can flip the blanket to the correct side, AKA Cowboys, and when I'm gone and not looking he can have the ugly side up, ugh Redskins. 

Below are some pictures of the process.  S helped me make J's mom's blanket while we were at my parents house after Christmas.  She took me through it step-by-step, making sure I didn't mess up.  I remembered the steps and made J's blanket on my own --> my 1st official craft I made on my own!  Both blankets have some crooked stitching around the edges, but whatever, I'll get better with time....hopefully.  LOL 

My niece R watching as I try to keep a straight stitch 

    

J's mom's blanket all finished!

 

 

I've been pretty sick with the flu the past couple of weeks.  J was so sweet and offered to let me stay with him so he could take care of me.  That way I could also have some tv to watch since I don't have cable or anything right now.  He blew up his air mattress so I could sleep/lay in front of the tv comfortably.  I brought my sewing machine with me in case I had some energy to make J's blanket.  The last day I stayed there I somehow managed to get enough momentum going to make it AND take pictures of it (lucky you guys!).

After pinning the right sides together and sewing the edges, I began cutting the excess off.

Right sides are flipped out and the edges are being stitched closed.

The finished product!

I gave J's mom her blanket on her birthday.  She seemed to really love it and I think she'll get a lot of great use out of it.  J loves his blanket too.  I caught him cuddling with the ugly side up though.  I guess I'll just have to keep working on teaching him the right way of life -- the Cowboys life baby!