What colors come to your mind when you think of baby blankets? Pastel pink? Sky blue? Mellow yellow? Soft green? How about black?

Black?!?! No way!

I found the cutest fabric in a store that specializes in material for babies. And the fabric was black. I debated and debated whether or not to get it. Would I be seen as a morbid mother-in-law? Possibly. But I would hope that those seeing the blanket would not mind the blackness because the design was so delightful.

The design consisted of a variety of brightly colored cats. Cats with an attitude. Cats smirking. Cool cats. Fuschia pink cats. Fire-engine red cats. Lime green cats. Golden sun yellow cats. The coordinating fabric was black with paw prints out of the same colors as the cats.

Our daughter-in-law loves cats and so I immediately thought of her when I saw the fabric. After much internal debate, I couldn’t resist it. Spencer, our grandson, may be wrapped up in the black blanket but I’m hoping it will tickle his mother’s fancy whenever she uses it.

I finished it this week. Here are some pictures of the blanket.

Front Side	Back Side
Up Close

I used a slick method for making it. I sewed the batting to the wrong side of the material with the cats on it. Then, I put the right sides together of the two pieces of fabric. I sewed around the edges leaving about 16 inches. Kind of like sewing a sleeping bag. Then, I turned it right sides out. All I had to do then was to hand stitch the last few inches of it and tie it. This is a faster method than hand stitching around the whole blanket.

This brings the number of blankets that I’ve made for Spencer up to 3. He’s not even 2 months old yet . . . I can’t believe that I’ve made this many! And, I have a sneaking suspicion there will probably be yet more to come . . .

The cat’s meow,
Digi-Gram