The hand made baby blanket is complete!

Sheep Baby Blanket update – and a finish!

A finished blanket!

It is finished! I have to say, there was a certain degree of relief knowing the mountain of French knots had finally come to an end! And when I say ‘finished’, that isn’t entirely correct, as it still needs to be backed. But the embroidery is done. I’m not overly confident at the sewing machine, and since I have another baby blanket to make up (one which will be much quicker), I’ve decided to do them both at the same time.

After putting in the last few French knots and one more happy face, a decision needed to be made on the ‘garden’ or ‘field’ these little guys are sitting in. After looking at them all completed, I decided on a whimsical, very simple approach – nothing fancy. A few lazy daisies in some different colours, and some very simple ‘tuffs’ of grass.

And the final touches were a few little bees buzzing overhead. I finished these off with a bullion knot for their body, with a couple of straight stitches for the stripes, long armed French knots for the antennas, and a couple of chain stitches for their wings. I was going to get all complicated and change the colour of the wings, but I decided the one colour for all these parts of the bees would be fine!

To decide if I should or shouldn’t put a stem stitch border around the whole blanket, I got my backing ‘sheep fabric’ out, and laid it all out with a (very) rough overlay of the fabric. And the decision was made that I didn’t need to do a border – it had enough going on.

And there we have it, three cute little sheep in a sweet garden!

53 thoughts on “Sheep Baby Blanket update – and a finish!”

  1. Yaaaay! A finish! I’m so excited for you. It looks wonderful. A brilliant choice for the little flowers, so effective. Well done!

  2. I love the meadow you created with the bit of color, and the bees are the perfect finish. HAppy little lambs, they are. A great finish on the hand work!

    1. Thanks Kathy. I liked my little bees and was thinking about adding in a butterfly too, except I thought that might be too much!

  3. Wow they are so cute! You did a great job. Bet it feels great to have the French knots done ?. Looking forward to seeing your next project

  4. It’s a great finish and I’m glad you kept the background nice and simple. I love those busy little bees.

  5. This looks fabulous, the little flowers and bees really set it off nicely, and the few extra styles of stitches and colours add a little more interest to the ‘scene’.

  6. A stunning finish Catherine and one very lucky baby who will be snuggled up in this lovely blanket.
    I love elephants so I am looking forward to your next project.

    1. Thanks Helen, I admit that it has definitely turned out better than expected and I’m glad I popped in the little field of flowers!
      I too love elephants- this one is quite elaborately decorated so far!

    1. Thank you! It has certainly taken a long time to get to the finish line! But I’m glad I persevered, it has turned out to be a very cute little blanket!

  7. It’s adorable! Kudos on the finish! I hope the blanket assembly process goes smoothly for you so you can send this out the door completely proud and satisfied with your work.

  8. Oh my goodness, the sheep turned out soooo cute. I think you made the right decision by adding the simple flowers and the bees. The whole effect is just the right touch of whimsy.

    Pinning this to my Embroidery Patterns and Inspirations Pinterest board.

    Thanks for much for linking up to last week’s Stitchery Link Party. Aloha hugs.

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