Crinkle Luv

I found this fabric at Joann’s the other day and just fell in love with it.
The sweet birds tweeting away and the soft colors…
I had to have it  but didn’t know what I was going to make.
I made a crinkle tag blanket for Mallory’s big cousin, Anna
(born a mere 10 days before her) so I thought I’d make one
for Mall too out of this adorable fabric.

For those of you who want to follow along…

1) Cut the front, back and the crinkle insert… I went with 8 x 7.

2) Gather and cut various ribbons. Mine averaged 3 inches, 1.5 folded.
Pin your ribbons randomly to the face of your fabric.

3) Prepare to sew by layering as follows:

a} pattern/finish fabric (face up)
b} pattern/finish fabric (face down)
c} crinkle insert (face up)  (in this case I used a baby wipes package)
d} solid fabric* (face up or down)
* This piece (d) is OPTIONAL. The pattern I went with
was really light and I didn’t want the blue of the package
to show through so I added a piece of white fabric
in the d layering position.

4) The crinkle packaging makes for a slippery sewing surface so
pin thoroughly and in all directions.

5) Run a stitch around the outside but make sure
to leave an opening wide enough to invert the fabric.
Before you turn right side out, remove pins inside and out, invert.

6) Once you invert, tuck in the hole, pin and top stitch.

Here is the one I made for Anna Banana.