New Fabric/New Find Friday #116

MMM cotton candy. :) These fabrics remind me of the fluffy pink cotton candy from carnivals. I love all of these pink fabrics and hope one day I have a little girl to make dresses for out of some of these fabrics. The top fabric would go well in the baby room if we have a girl, orange walls with a splash of light pink, pretty. I am not sure what I will do with any of these fabrics but I just loved them too much to pass them up at the local quilting shop.

The second fabric is a great play on a stripe, a more organic zig zag stripe with those bold colors and a hint of purple. Then you have the classic pink with white polka-dot. The second from the bottom almost looks like little green olives on the pink background Anyone want coasters for their martini parties?! :) The bottom fabric I just loved because of the yellow and pink combination, unique and so pretty. I will have to look at these again pretty soon and see what I can do with these.

Ok guys only one more month until we find out what this baby is in my belly. Any guesses? Boy? Girl? Most are saying boy and my husband still thinks girl. We will have to wait and find out.

"I Love Grandma" Onesie Set

How do you like this cute set?! I thought for sure I had already posted about these but I guess not! My good friend had a baby boy a few months ago and her mom wanted me to make this set for her. :) Of course she isn't a proud grandma at all. (WINK)

This set lasts a whole year (as long as he doesn't grow too much) and we picked four different fabric for the hearts and then I used coordinating ink colors to go with the fabric.

Here are close ups of the different onesies. This one below is a long-sleeved hopefully for fall/winter time.

I love this blue ink...has some shimmer to it. Nothing says boys can't have a little bling too.

Here is the main man wearing his onesie. Doesn't it look cute on him?!

These have already been a hit on Etsy and I have even changed the Grandma part to different names of people. They could even say I love puppies etc. So many options.

Baby Blue Cover and Burp Cloth

Didn't I say last week that I have been making a lot of breastfeeding covers lately? Well here is another one. :) This was made for a friend of mine as her baby shower gift. I was not sure what she was having and what kind of fabric that she would like so I gave her an IOU/gift card to make her a set. She picked out the fabric and I picked it up and put these together. She did have a baby boy and I think this is a pretty pattern for a mama with a baby boy.

I love this pattern, it is an all over print but not as specific as floral, dots, stripe etc. I can totally see this friend of mine liking this fabric and I hope that she gets good use out of this and/or the burp cloth.

I am not sure when I will have the next cover up to show you but I hope to get it on soon. Ok back to sewing tonight...then bed.

Bagel Onesie and Breastfeeding Cover

When my cousin called and said she wanted a onesie with a bagel on it I was dying to hear the story. :) Her best friend had a baby and their last name is hard to pronounce so my cousin's daughters called her best friend's fiance (before they were married) Alan Bagel. SO as a running joke they were calling this baby to be, baby bagel because they were waiting to find out the sex of the baby.

So here is what we came up with. A white onesie with a brown bagel screen printed on the front. Doesn't it look cute?! It looks so good you could eat it. Ok not really.

Sorry the lighting is so bad, sometimes when I take pictures I just want to get them taken and the lighting in the basement is really good for working but bad for pictures.

This is the fabric that my cousin decided on for the breastfeeding cover. I love this Amy Butler fabric and hope that mama does too. She totally thought she was having a girl but she had a boy so I am glad we picked something with a little blue in it but then again because it is floral it has some feminine qualities for mom.

I have been making a few more covers lately and I really miss making them. I fought so hard to breastfeed and loved having a cover that I could use at Church and work that made me more comfortable. I want all moms to feel comfortable and covered, if they would like to be, while feeding their baby.

Jackson is One!

This onesie is for a little boy on his first Birthday. It was purchased by his aunt to take to him for his birthday party. The name Jackson is so popular now, I know two or three of them myself and baby Jack just sounds so cute!

I love how the dots travel their way down the number one and almost remind me of a stoplight. :) That seems like such a boy item; cars, stop lights and anything travel related. As with all screen printing jobs sometimes the ink bleeds but I think that just adds to the handmade quality of the item. This bold blue name over the one really jumps out and of course that is what you want the focus to be anyway.

I hope this little guy had a great Birthday and that there are LOTS of cake stains added to this onesie. :)

Repurposed Maternity Dress

Since I am going to be pregnant most of the hot part of the summer I thought dresses would be my answer for keeping cool. I saw this cute blog post here before I was pregnant and really wanted to make a dress like the one she made.

I already had this white tee-shirt that I wasn't wearing and thought would be perfect for the top of this dress. The material on the bottom I found on sale back before I was pregnant as well and thought it was perfect. So one night I just cut into the fabric and the tee-shirt and went to work. It turned out pretty cute but I didn't like the way it looked at the seam with the gathering so I decided to add a simple satin ribbon around the waist. The tie helps hide the belly too.

It fit really well when I made it but now that I am much larger it is too small for me to wear. I think this would also be really cute when not pregnant. So I am looking forward to wearing it in my "big stage" after baby arrives before I get back into my pre-pregnancy clothes.

The only thing that I would change when I have time is to serge the hem now that I have a serger. When I did a hem on my machine it came out a bit wavy and draws too much attention. I would also put a small slit up the back of the dress by my feet so I have more leg room to walk.

I still have a maternity skirt pattern that I would like to sew before the baby arrives but we are coming close to the end...one more month, so I am not sure that is going to happen. Have you made any of your own maternity clothes?

New Fabric/New Find Friday #115

These sweet fabrics just make me smile, maybe that is because I have a baby on the way and they make me think of sweet baby times.

The top fabric is a fun Happy Birthday fabric with a bit of glitter on the cupcakes and cakes. I think this is perfect for my hand towel holiday sets. Always good to have a special birthday towel to put out when someone in the family is having a birthday. Hope no one minds that the background is pink. The second fabric is a great boy fabric, sometimes it is so hard to find boy fabrics that don't have cars and trucks on them. This would be great for a taggie blanket or burp cloth. The last fabric is a nice neutral but I can see it
being more girly with the pink and purple dots. Again this would be great for burp cloths or a taggie blanket.

Here they are in side view. Not quite as exciting from the sides but might give you a better idea of color.

I hope you all have a great weekend. We are trying to figure out our muddy basement situation so we can move on to better things.