Baby Girl Gifts

Can you tell I am procrastinating on showing you pictures of our everything room? It is not like it is some big secret, or a huge reveal or anything, but this weekend should be a massive move of toys from that room, so a lot will change, and then pics will follow.

I currently know 12 pregnant women! A few weeks ago, it was more, but ladies finally started popping out some cuties! The first was a doctor friend of Jeremy's, who he works with. It is their second little girl, and we wanted to get them a little something. Because I have sooo much stuff, I was able to whip up a few girly things without even going to the store.

 A crunchy ribbon blankie with minky

 Minky burp cloths, for spitting up in style

 And a sweet bib with minky on the back.

Everything turned out nicely, and most important they liked it, yay!    
 

More baby stuff

What a month! If you want to, even care, you can read all about our craziness on my family blog. Life is starting to get back to normal and I am so excited! I even sewed something on Sunday. I have soooo many projects that still need to be done. So I am ready to get back to work.

When my mom was here, almost two months ago, I made some things for her to take back to Houston. My cousin is having a baby girl, so I made some things for her to get at her baby shower. Her shower was this past weekend so I can finally post them.

As normal I was in a hurry, but here are the rushed pictures.

Everything tied up in a bow

Minky and Cotton Blanket

Front of Chenilled bib

 Back of Chenilled Bib

 Two Chenilled Burp Cloths

 Baby legs with ruffles and fabric flowers (the ruffles are hiding)

 A Minky and Cotton, Crunchy, Ribbon, Blankie 

 I love making baby things! Can you tell?
I have needed to post my fall decor things that have been up since the day after labor day! That will be my blogging goal this weekend.
Hope you are all blessed! 

Baby Shower Week - Present

Along with making stuff for the baby shower, I also made the present I gave.

It was a lot of little things, so this post may be long.

I crocheted a baby blanket, similar to this one.

Made some more prudent baby burp cloths.

Another bib, this time it is reversible, and has a J on it.



Big bro and Little bro shirts
I loved these, and I will definitely make more of these for future gifts.

I used iron on fusible webbing for the letters

And I also sewed around the letters to make sure they were not coming off.

Lastly I added an iron-on light interfacing so everything would stay secure.

A prudent baby hooded towel


Car seat cover
I am proud of this one, because it is pretty original, and I did not use a pattern. It was super easy, though.
Becky and I saw one similar to this in the mall one day, and she really liked it.
Because the baby will be little while it is warm outside, I made it out of lightweight cotton, but it could be made with fleece or something else for the winter.

Unlike car seat tents (which are really cute), it has a hole in the top so you can easily see how baby is doing.

It is elastic on the bottom, so it can easily fit different car seats.

It is also reversible, love that fabric.

Finally, I put a little baby book and all the things I made in a basket, and it made a great present.

Tutu's and more baby stuff

I LOVE baby girl things. Just for this reason, I am sure I will have five boys! Anyway, I really had to make a tutu for my friend's baby girl, and a matching hair clip. You can find tutorials anywhere online, and it was super easy.
It would look much better on a cute model, but I only have a little boy, and my husband would kill me if I put him in a tutu.

The hair clip was made from tulle, ribbon, the backing is felt, and the clip is a simple snap clip. Total, took maybe five minutes.

Like I mentioned in my previous post, I found a different fabric for my friend who is having a baby girl. My friend Jenn is an awesome, supportive, Army wife, so her baby girl NEEDED so cute pink camo. Once again, I did a bib, burp cloth, wipes case, and diaper case. I added a little bow on this one and it made it even cuter.



I have had these done for awhile, and I am finally going to ship it this week. Hope that she likes it!

Baby stuff

Some of my first sewing projects were baby gifts I was trying to make for a friend. I made a bib, burp cloths, diaper case, and diaper wipes case. I actually ended up finding a cuter fabric, so everything I made I did not give to my friend. (Any little girls need some cute stuff?)

With my first project, I learned a few things...
- Iron everything
- Get a rotary cuter
- Learn how to sew straight (still learning) :)
- If you are going to blog about it, get a better camera (Still waiting on that one)

Here is what I made...

I used this tutorial along with a pattern I had, for the bib. Easy and quick.
pre-sewn bib (Please forgive my pictures, I realize that my camera is not the best for this type of picture taking.)

Finished bib, I still may add a little bow on the pocket

I used this tutorial for the burp cloth. It was really so easy, you don't need a tutorial.
Here are the pre-sewn burp cloths. I used a nice terry cloth on one side.

Finished burp cloths

For the diapers and wipes case, I used the links that Samster Mommy used. Once again these were super easy, and you almost did not need a tutorial or pattern.

Wipes case materials

Finished wipes case

Finished diaper case

Everything finished!

I learned a ton, but most of all I had a blast. Have any little baby gifts to buy soon? Try something like this and Mom and baby will love it.