Insulated Casserole Carrier: 4/5

My mother-in-law has these great casserole carriers that look like this. I think she told me that she got them with the original casserole dishes when she was first married. Not helpful to me. Thus, I was thrilled to find this tutorial. I did make it closer to 40" to fit my handled casserole dishes, but otherwise followed the tutorial of Little Hooligans. The materials were definitely not anything I had lying around the house, but a quick trip to the fabric store fixed that. I got a little lost about how to make the velcro work, so I just did my own thing. It worked fine. Basically, I didn't measure where to sew the velcro and just slapped them on where I thought seemed best. Oh, and I didn't make the handle padding attachment; Angela was getting restless. Had I more time (and patience) I would have made them. Overall, good tutorial. Now I just need an excuse to use the carrier!

Easy Double Flannel Blanket: 3/5

I wanted to make a flannel blanket for my little Angela Rose out of this beautiful rose print I found. I went in search of a good tutorial. Because I had just finished my sewing class and felt way overly confident, I decided to make the self-bound version. Ha. Making a self-bound blanket was not-so-easy. Mitering the corners turned out to be tricky, and I had to reread the tutorial multiple times. I still never quite understood the instructions but somehow got mine to work well enough. For my first blanket I was pleased. Angela seems to like it just fine. I would not, however, have felt proud enough to give the blanket to somebody outside of the family. If I make another, I will either find a different self-bound tutorial or else just stick to the more basic version.