Fabric blocks

I saw this idea on Pintrest of fabric blocks.  Some with ribbons for babies to play with, others with crinkle noise inside, and some which I did had jingle bells inside to make a rattle sound.  I wanted to expand my sewing skills and try the blocks.  I had left over material from my sisters blanket that I made her so I thought I would make a block to go with the blanket.  I apologize I don't have the instructions or the pictures on how to do it step by step but you can find then online.  Basically you sew your six blocks into a cross then box then up, turn right side out, fill it with stuffing and a jingle bell if you choose, and stitch it close.  This is how mine turned out as a first try.

The bottom one went with my sisters gift and is shown here

It added a nice touch to the blanket.  Now when she is born my sister will have a soft blanket for her to lay on while playing with her new toy.

The other block was for another friend of mine.  She is having a boy at the end of this month.  The backpack next to the block is for baby C for when he gets bigger.  I made the bag as well and will have another tutorial later on how I did it.

The last picture is a block that I made for a friend who is due in February.

The picture looks red but the solid is actually a pink like the flowers.