Here are some of the baby clothes I've been working on for the grandchild-to-be. I haven't knitted for YEARS, but it was fun. I love the little fleece outfit. Very fitting since it snowed for the first time today and is expected to drop to 20 degrees this week. The fleece coat and bibb overalls are reversible.

Below are the finished fish for the baby mobile. After quilting them, I put a beaded trim on them (picot stitch) and embellished them with crystals. They are now ready to be mailed back to JR for assembly into the mobile. This was a fun project and I look forward to another collaboration.

One fish,
Two fish,
Red fish,
Blue fish.

Here's the first little fish mobile disc. There will be 7 total. Since the circle measures a little over 7" across, I decided that in order to make it stable enough so it wouldn't fold or collapse, I needed to make two little quilts, and fastened them together with a red beaded picot edging. I used a blue batik for the back to give it a little color when it spins. I quilted with a blue Sulky rayon thread and satin stitched the edges with a variegated blue cotton thread. I will add some crystals to give it a little sparkle later.

Here are more little fish. I think I will use 2 layers of cotton batting. I want them to be soft, but firm enough to hold their shape. They are 7-1/8" in diameter, so I don't want them to be too floppy. I want to lightly quilt them, perhaps with quilting lines that evoke a feeling of water. Then I will affix the crystals, cut out the circles and satin stitch around the edges, and perhaps do a beaded picot treatment around the edges.

Here is a little fish which was painted by Jr Bower, a very talented artist living in Worland, WY. He and I are lucky enough to share the same grandchild (due to be born around Christmas this year!) and have decided to collaborate on a mobile for the baby's room. Jr has painted 7 fish (more photos to follow) and I will quilt them, embellish them with crystals (of course!), and cut them into circles. He will then assemble them into a mobile.

Jr is the maternal grandfather and I am the paternal grandmother. Is this correct?!? Anyway, my son is the father and his daughter is the mother...