Grace's Quiet Book- Baby & Bassinet Page

I think every little girl this age LOVES baby dolls. With 5 girls we have so many dolls in this house it is not even funny! The baby idea was an obvious choice for a quiet book page, but I still wanted to keep it simple. (Some of the other pages were wearing me out!)

I ended up making a bassinet to hold the baby. It is made pretty much like a pocket with a piece of gathered eyelet trim sewn along the bottom.

The baby is a miniature version of a swaddle baby. (I made one of those a long time ago and blogged about it HERE.) The concept of the swaddle baby is that the blanket is already attached, making it easier for a little one to wrap the baby up (saving me from rewrapping it every 20 seconds.)

This time I hand embroidered the face on it and used a smaller piece of gathered eyelet lace and ribbon to make a faux bonnet, which I like so much better than the original swaddle baby I had made.

Grace often wants to drag a baby doll along to church or tells me she has to go potty so that she can sneak down and swipe one out of the nursery to bring back upstairs. I thought this might help with that, but we usually end up in the nursery when I have to go feed Hannah anyway. That is just the season of life we are in, I suppose.

If you want to see all of the pages in Grace's Quiet Book you can click HERE.

If I get a moment or two, I will try to link up at these parties:

Sew Can Do, Motivate Me Monday, Take a Look Tuesday, Naptime Creations, Carolyn's Homework, Handmade Tuesdays, Inspire Me Wednesday, We Did It Wednesday, Adorned From Above, Your Whims Wednesday, Not Just a Housewife, Weekly Homemaking Party, Create It Thursday, The 36th Party, Friday Favs Party, Think Pink Sunday, and Threading Your Way.