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    Hi! I'm Traci. I'm a Registered Nurse who loves quilting, knitting, cross stitch, and the great outdoors. In my pre-scrubs life, I owned Real Photography, and you can still see my old wedding and portrait photography site here .

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wip: stroller blanket

We are headed to Disney soon and I wanted to make a stroller blanket that will attach to Ellie’s stroller so she can’t kick it off (she loathes any attempts at covering–socks, shoes, hats, blankets all immediately end up on the ground).   I have some navy fleece that I bought to make myself pajama pants, but I haven’t done that yet, so the navy fleece is being turned into the backing.  Since navy was a fixed component, I went through the stash and pulled out a grouping that I really love:

But it doesn’t look so cute with her stroller, so I went back to the drawing board and pulled out this red, pink, navy, and aqua combo:

Hopefully I will have a blanket all finished and ready to post tomorrow!

Katie - Both fabric groups are yummy, but I agree, the top one doesn’t exactly go with the stroller. I can’t wait to see the finished product!

Christie, Describe Happy - Such cheery fabrics and I can see what you mean about the stroller’s color. You’ll be done tomorrow? Wow, can’t wait!