Scalloped Baby Blanket

This month's challenge for the Crafty Women was to make a project from Amy Karol's Bend the Rules Sewing book. I have a bunch of baby gifts to get together in the next couple of months so I decided to try out the scalloped baby blanket. Plus it gave me a chance to experiment with machine quilting. I love the fabrics I used-- one's a Joel Dewberry and I think the other one is from Amy Butler (nothing like hitting on all of your favorites in one project). And I think it would work for either a boy or a girl. I had a little problem with cutting in at the scallops and had a few loose threads come out through the scallop points....I think if I use a shorter stitch next time around that should fix the problem.

And I do think I'll make a couple more. They went together very quickly. I'm not entirely happy with machine quilting....too puckery. I might have to quilt the old-fashioned way (by hand) in the new-fashioned way (while watching television).