Pillow Cases, Diaper Change Pad and Scrappy Flannel Blanket

I found a really cute kit for making a pillowcase at our local quilt shop on Main Street. The fabric had a turquoise background with little fairies, little girls and flowers all over it. It jumped out at me as soon as I saw it and I thought, "Claire"!!!

Our grand babies were not quite a year old and not even using pillows yet, but I thought it might make a good birthday gift for when they DO start using pillows. :)

What fabric should I make Hayden's out of, I thought?  I saw some fabric with dogs on it and I know he loves dogs (He's always following their dog, River around) so I thought it would be perfect. I also bought a dog paw print fabric for the pillow case end.

The directions for making the pillow cases was a little confusing at first, but once I read throughout it a couple of times and tried it, it worked perfectly! You cut the pillow case fabric, the end fabric and the trim and then sew them all together with one seam by rolling the pillowcase fabric around the other two. I know that doesn't make much sense, but if you want the step by step directions, I would be happy to email them to you. :)

Next project, also for the twins' birthday was a new bigger diaper change pad to replace the tiny one I had made for them when they were newborns. This one is about 24 inches wide and 26 inches long. I added the green ribbon to roll it up incase it was being transported in a diaper bag.

24" X 36" diaper change pad for toddlers: cotton  Duck/ animal fabric with green circles flannelette on back 

Recently, while digging out the flannel  for the change pad, I realized that I had a lot of flannel scraps , rectangles, squares and strips from other projects. I started pulling them out of my leftovers back and putting them together on the floor like a big puzzles. With a little cutting tweaking and rearranging, I was quite pleased to see that they fit together. :)

Why not sew them together and make a memory scrappy flannel quilt top, I thought... so I did!  It is 31 1/2 " wide by 40" long. It just so happens that I have a big piece of turquoise floral flannel for the back.

Back fabric for Scrappy Memory flannel quilt

Do I put a batting layer in the middle or just leave it as a light 2 layers of flannel quilt????