Receiving Blanket

I had high hopes of completing several of my UFO's that just need various hems, but alas, it never happened today.

Instead, I made this flannel receiving blanket:

using the "serger crochet edging" as illustrated on the Baby Lock site here. I played around with different threads and the pearl rayon is really pretty, but I didn't have enough blue to complete the project. So I used 12 wt sulky varigated, or blendables--don't remember the name right now and solid blue 12 wt. I think it came out pretty well. There were a couple of places that I didn't "catch" the serged threads, so I just went back and used a zigzag stitch on the sewing machine. This seemed to work fine.

I'll pick up more pearl rayon in blues and pinks next time I get a chance as I think I'll try this project again sometime.

The weather has become so wonderful. The highs this next several days are to be only 70's. So I need to spend time in the yard while the temperature is cooperating.

I have some rayon/linen in a teal that I want to make up as the Barcelona dress with some tone on tone machine embroidery. It's been calling to me these last few days. We'll see how the week goes.