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Dog Days Baby Bonnet

Poor, poor little blog. It’s just been so neglected. I’m blaming it on the Dog Days of Summer. It’s been so slow around here with not very much happening. The days are long (work, work, work) and the weeks flash by. I have no clue where summer has gone — it seems like we were just thinking that FinallyAGirl would never get here and now she’s two months old already!

Just the girls in the family snuck off for an afternoon last weekend and we had a quick visit with our little princess. It was short and sweet and oh so fun. And we weren’t the only ones being sneaky — SweetiePie snapped this pic of us ladies oooohing and aaaahing over the baby.

Thimbleanna: Princess

I love that picture so much. It says so much about our little family. And how thrilled we are to have that sweet little girl join us!

I’ve also done a little bit of sewing here and there. I’ve barely started to work on the blocks for a quilt for FinallyAGirl. And, this afternoon, I made her a quick little bonnet for some up-coming trips she’ll be taking in the next few months (Don’t Look Pie!).

Thimbleanna: Princess

She probably already has several little sunbonnets.  But you know what they say.  Makers gonna make.  Especially when the maker is a new Grandma.  I just couldn’t help it.   A few months ago, a really sweet woman started buying lots of Liberty fabrics from my little etsy shop.  I finally asked her what she was making with all of her Liberty, and she told me she has a new little granddaughter too.  Then she told me I really should make the sunbonnet from Purl — it’s so sweet and easy to make.  I used Pheobe in pink for the print and Moda Bella 97 for the white.  And the little bonnet is fully reversible, in case SweetiePie wants a mostly white bonnet with just a hint of color.

Thimbleanna: Princess

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TeddyBear decided to model the bonnet, even though his head is the wrong size. (And mostly because I can’t find my little doll model, who I hope will turn up as mysteriously as she’s disappeared — I need her modeling help!)

Hopefully I won’t be gone for so long next time, but who knows.  I’m guessing it will be September by the time I post again.  September!  I just can’t believe it already!

XOXO,
Anna

P.S. In the event you’re in need of fabric, there have been lots of new arrivals in my little shop — some new Liberty, some of the very popular Rifle Paper Co. prints, and some Santa fabrics (’cause I’m not saying the “C” word in August!)!

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26 thoughts on “Dog Days Baby Bonnet”

  1. so glad you got a visit with baby! so sweet and such a nice little bonnet – of course we have to make things – it is what we do!

  2. oh my gosh i need you to be my grandbaby’s ‘nother grandma!!!! there has to be SOME way to work this out.
    that bonnet is adorable. that baby is adorable. you are amazing. i still wanna be you when i grow up.
    :waves madly

  3. Oh, that hat is so sweet. I always loved putting my babies in the Hanna Andersson knit caps for winter, but a little summer bonnet would have been so nice in the summer. FinallyaGirl is so lucky to have you as her G’ma!

  4. What a sweet and practical bonnet. Thank you for sharing the link to the pattern. I’ d love to make some for my three-month-old grand baby, but I’m not seeing a lot of sewing time in my future. My daughter recently returned to work, and I decided to “retire” so I can keep Miss A. full time. But better to see the baby than to sew for her.

  5. That is the sweetest little baby bonnet ever! Adorable! I love how you just make a quick little something! And it ends up perfect too. I know what you mean about the dog days and time flying, it’s getting a little scary how quickly the weeks are passing by. Enjoy our cooler days now – it’s so nice to have windows open and fresh air again.

  6. Such a darling little bonnet….for such a darling little baby! Love the sweet picture of you all! I am sure your grandbaby will love all the things you make her and each one will be treasured…she is so lucky to have a talented grandma to sew so beautifully for her.
    Helen xox

  7. She’s an adorable little bug! What a sweet, sweet photo. Are you the standing blonde? Or the seated blonde? So fun! I love the bonnet. I enjoyed making girl bonnets too. Reversible is the best, just in case the hat gets dirty. (Dirty? On a little cherub’s head? Huh?)

  8. The bonnet is so cute – wish I could accomplish even half of what you do!! I see that Winston is enjoying the visit, too. The baby is adorable!! So which one is you?

  9. What a sweet photos of the “Girls”. I love the flower bow on the little cutie!
    what a sweet bonnet. You make the nicest things Anna

  10. I love your mad skills!!!
    You are awesome G’ma – love the bonnet –
    Beautiful precious FinallyAGirl.

  11. That is a beautiful photo of the women in the family all together. So special. You better watch out because Teddy looks so good in that bonnet she might not want to give it back.
    Ps I tried to email you a thank you for commenting on my blog but your email is bouncing for some mysterious reason.

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