Blankets!

My aunt and uncle are having twins!  A boy and a girl.  I am so excited to see these little ones once they are born.  I was surfing through the craft blogs (something I often do when I am supposed to be doing homework).  I found this blanket.  I fell in love.  It looked so snuggly so I decided this was the project for the twins.  To make this blanket you get four pieces of flannel and pin it all together.  The web site suggested to use safety pins.  I thought this was super lame and so I used straight pins.  Thinking I was going to save a whole lot of time I used straight pins to pin the four layers together.  Bad plan.  The next step involves sewing diagonal lines 1/2 inch apart of the entire blanket.  I got poked a million times during this sewing process.  My legs, arms and fingers were covered in pin pricks.  After sewing (which takes more hours than I want to count) you have to cut three of the four layers of fabric in between the sewn lines.  I was amazed that I did not nick the top piece of fabric during the cutting process.  I did not want to even think about how to repair that.  After sewing and cutting you sew the binding on.  This was a new experience for me.  Usually when I make blankets I just fold the bottom fabric up and make a border.  It took me some time to get it figured out but I decided I really like how binding looks.  Then you toss it in the washing machine and then the dryer.  This is to make the cut pieces of material fray and make the snuglyness.  This sounds lame but I seriously could not wait to pull them out of the dryer.  Oh the softness.  I love these blankets.  I am considering making a large, Kaitlyn sized one but it may take me three years to get it all sewn.  Well now I must get these shipped out.