Baby Boy

So my sorority little sister is having a little baby boy soon, and the shower is two weeks ago. Since giraffes are sort of our thing, and she's going with a "Jungle" theme for all of the baby's things, I thought I'd make a cute giraffe baby blanket.

My camera is not that good (as I took this picture with my phone) But its blue, green, white and brown, and the stripes of the backing are the same colors. (The black in the photo is my carpeting).

After many attempts (and major failures) I decided I'm not quite good enough at binding yet, so I just made the backing the same size as the front, sewed the right sides together, and flipped it through a small opening. To then seal that opening I stitched 1/4 from the edge all the way around.

I learned that with the fleece, it stretches quite easily (learned that with my many attempts of trying to do binding) so I did a decorative stitch around each one of the boxes on the front. I wish I could say I pieced the whole front by myself, but in reality, its a panel of fabric I bought (way easier!)