Easter Couture for the Bibble!

I know he isn't technically due until April 10, which is 2 days after Easter. But with gestational diabetes it's very likely I won't be allowed to make it to 40 weeks. So, I'm quite sure he'll get to celebrate his first Easter this year. I found a very cute and easy newborn pants tutorial from Made by Rae. I also used her tutorial for making bunny knee pads, except that I used much smaller bunnies to fit the newborn pants.

The onesie is just a 0-3 month size white Gerber onesie with a bow tie applique. I told Michael that I plan to start a bow tie collection for Korben, and this will be his first!

I LOVE the Made by Rae newborn pants they sew up in literally about 15 minutes!  I already have two more pairs cut out, and I'm going to have to purchase her Big Butt Baby pants pattern.  Thanks Rae!

Sewing Tiny Things

And my final weekend project is a couple of wrap onesies for my little guy. I found a really great tutorial for a wrap onesie at Nefertari Creations. I was looking for something that wouldn't irritate his healing belly button when we brought him home. I love that her design criss-crosses, but still snaps at the crotch. She is very fortunate to have a cover stitch machine that gives a professional finish on the edge binding. But I found another great onesie tutorial from Naomi at Omi Creates that uses a very simple zig-zag stitch to create beautiful binding. So I used her technique on all the binding.

This first one was really just a trial run, so I used the selvage of the fabric to make the binding, since I didn't have any other knit. And I learned that I made the binding too narrow for the snaps to fit. But, it's still pretty cute! I really wanted to make him something with the fold over mitten cuffs and attached booties. Because I've been getting lots of good advice from experienced Mamas and I'm hearing that infants constantly kick off their socks and scratch themselves with their new finger nails. (Thanks Mama Kelly!) So, I altered the wrap onesie pattern to have longs legs with booties, and I used the sleeves with mitten cuffs that I found from yet another great baby tutorial created by Jessica at Running With Scissors. Not only she offers a great tutorial for sleep sacks, but she also had the genius idea to use old T-shirts for the solid knit portion of the pajamas and the binding!

This is what I plan to bring Korben home from the hospital in. I just have no idea if it'll fit him! LOL! So, I'll bring a couple other cute outfits that people have given him just in case...

Baby Clothes

...And a quilt for Elliot.

Jess and Elliot were in town visiting a couple weeks ago and I decided I should give Elliot something made out his "Bravest Dragon" fabric. I actually bought the fabric last Spring to make his crib set. But, I'm lame and never made his crib set. I figured the least I could do was make him a beach-time jumper set and a little baby quilt. I bought New Look 6687 last year and never got a chance to use it. It's for little girls, but I added a pocket and omitted the ruffles to make it for Elliot. I use some navy blue and light green left over from a box of remnants Jessie's Grandma Mimi gave me. It turned out really cute! This is great pattern. It's one of those "spinning rack" patterns that you don't even have to look up in the book. I love to just grab a couple of those patterns on a whim. They always turn out to be some of my favorites. I'm sure I'll be getting lots of use out of this one.

 

I used mostly Elliot's dragon fabric for his quilt. I used more of the navy and the green from Mimi, and a little yellow check that I had leftover. I always use Warm and Natural for my quilt batting. It's thinner that anything else, and much, much warmer. For baby blankets I just buy the crib and craft size that comes pre-cut in a package. I happened to have some white cotton quilt binding in my stash, so I finished off all the edges of Elliot's quilt with it. The backing is more of his dragon fabric.

It was so nice to spend a little time with Jess and Elliot. Jessie is the best mom ever! And Elliot couldn't be cuter! He is such a happy baby. It's really cool to see Jerry and Gail with their adorable little grand-baby. I love you guys!

I also used New Look 6687 to make a dress for my friend Anar's baby, Ava. I made the dress in pink and white dots with the ruffles. You really can't get more girly.

Ava was just born in December, so I made size small. Hopefully it will fit her for the summer.

 

...and my camera is still missing