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Christmas Blankets- I will post pictures soon.

Well, I made three blankets for Christmas this year. One is not completely done, but good enough for now. Now that the blankets, Christmas, and Nathan's family reunion are over, I feel like I have time to do things again...well, I still have a TON of editing to do, but outside of that. :) Maybe I can even get some reading in.

Cammie wanted a blanket made from my grandmother's old squares that she made ages ago. I have been wanting to do this for a long time now. I asked Cammie if she wanted the main blanket black or white. She chose black to my surprise. I even tried to make her change her mind, but she wouldn't budge on it. I am glad now that we did black around the squares. That was the style during the time she made the squares. Cam did insist on putting pink around the edges. She wants more beautiful colors around the edges, but I don't think I am going to do it unless she keeps insisting.

The most time consuming blanket was Shay's. She wanted a Christmas colored one. She started helping me at first, but then got tired of it. I stayed up late for more than two weeks trying to make this blanket for her. It is not finished yet, but I hope to get more done before her birthday next week. I would like to finish it, but I don't think I will have time. A funny thing about that blanket is that I bought very low quality yarn. It was supposed to be just a beginner project for Shay and me. I thought that buying the cheap stuff would be best just incase she ending up not wanting to do it any more. I didn't want to be left with a bunch of unused expensive yarn. I had no idea she wanted the blanket so badly. I wish I had invested more money into it. I spent all this time making this blanket, and I don't even want to use it because it is so scratchy. We have both decided that we will only get the "Christmas" blanket out over the Christmas holiday and put it on her bed. I am going to make her another one that is actually comfortable and enjoyable to use.

Braedon's took the least amount of time but caused me probably the most grief. It is also the ugliest. He doesn't care. I just took a bunch of old stuff I already had and threw it all together. One big problem though was that both my sewing machines weren't working very well. I finished it in one day, but boy does the blanket have problems...besides just the looks of it. I want to make a sticker or a patch that says, "Made with Love. Not Skills." It is not the highest quality. ;) He wanted a jean blanket that had pockets in them. I got sick of sewing on all the pockets so it looks very random, but he is so excited about having pockets to put his stuff in. What a perfect place for his flashlight, Pokeman cards, and all those other odds and ends that he likes to collect. Boy, that kid LOVES to put things in his pockets. I really have to be careful when washing his clothes. The stuff from his pockets that I have missed have broken the washing machine twice. Screws, coins, washers, etc. He'll put anything in his pockets! Well, almost anything.