Toddler activity and I spy quilts.

Some activity quilts that I hope to sell. The girl one I made second and so of course it is better and has more activities. Both are a step up from the first one I made. By the pictures I put if it was the boy or girl quilt, should be obvious, but you never know. Personally I think boys can have purple (it's in the rainbow) and girls shouldn't be all pink and purple, but a lot of mom's and dad's disagree. So, I did my best to humor the masses. 

I decided to do a giraffe for each one. If I'd have done a doll for the girl quilt I'd have had to make several different skin tones and an outfit. I have too much on my plate right now for that. 

Soft fuzzy sports ball fabric inside the lace and tie pocket. (boy quilt)

Stuffed toy in the learn to zipper pocket. (boy quilt)

Learn to snap and learn shapes on the left, learn to buckle on the right. (boy quilt)

That's a pocket the shapes can go in.

Lace and tie on the left. (boy quilt)

Learn to button and learn to count. (boy quilt)

I spy on the boy quilt.

Learn to button. (girl quilt)

Learn velcro, counting, and the colors of the rainbow. (girl quilt)

I spy. (girl quilt)

Full activity side. (girl quilt)

Learn to lace and tie. (girl quilt)

Every little girl will eventually need to know how to use a hook & eye.

Buckle (girl quilt)

Stuffed toy. (girl quilt)

She hangs out in the learn to zipper pocket. (girl quilt)

Learn to snap and learn shapes. (girl quilt)

I (eye) spy/activity quilt finished!

OK, before you go on, remember these things: I can't sew well (no straight lines or anything like that), I don't plan, I don't cut straight, I change my mind and add things when it's too late, and I don't pin (I did this time, but only at the end when it would have been really stupid not to), but considering all that...I am SOOOO proud of this thing! And excited and just down right giddy!

Remember the previous post, this is for a child who's parents are very much waste not want not people. Everything must be useful and take up as little space as possible. This would cover a newborn, but would only be a lap blanket for your average child.

The first part I did is the I/eye spy part. A bunch of squares with different things for the child to find. The back...the back! Is an activity quilt. It may not look like much (remember what I said to remember above) but it's still the bee's knees as far as I'm concerned, and I'm going to make something similar for Mady too.

The close up pictures were pretty much all taken before the main thing was sewn together.

From left to right. Learn to button, braid, and lace/tie a shoe. 

Same

Under the shoe laces is a sleeping Pooh Bear. (He was a total after thought. I ended up adding him after the rest was sewing together. Not the easiest way to do it.)

Learn to zip and snap pants. 

Inside the pants. (Another total afterthought. The idea that the pocket should actually have a back. When it's closed you can see it sticking out since it sewed it on after the fact.)

A pocket for storing letters for another activity. 

Snap on letters to learn to snap. I didn't do the whole alphabet, just enough to spell the child's name. (Here is where my lack of planning bit me a little.) The spotted fabric is stretchy, and when you pull the letters off...you risk ripping it. So...to remedy that I coated each snap with Elmers GlueAll, thereby making them strong and no longer stretchy. That stuff is awesome. :)

Learn to velcro. 

One of the velcro shapes is a book that opens with a few kinds of animals written inside. 

Little pocket to store the velcro shapes. (And learn about putting things in pockets.)

Learn to buckle a belt!

Here it is all laid out before I sewed it all together. The backing is an extra baby blanket I had. 

Here with some of the stuff out. 

FINISHED!!!!!

And the other side that you've seen already, with the new edging. :)

So happy! ;) Told you it wasn't pretty, but for someone who doesn't do any of the afore mentioned things, I'm dang proud of it. :)