With my children’s outgrown clothes, I divide them into four piles: save for future, give to friends, donate to charity, and not-sure. The not-sure pile usually has clothes that I like, but are stained and can’t be given to friends or charity. Do you have a pile like this? It feels wrong to just throw [...]
It seems I like posts about big bibs (exemplified by my other big bib posts here and here). But who doesn’t like big bibs?! Besides, this one has sleeves!!
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For my son’s first birthday [...]
Let’s face it. Babies + Food = Big Mess. This is where a big bib comes into play. I wanted to share two great patterns/tutorials for some oversized bibs that are helpful to parents as baby learns hand-mouth coordination.
First, the “Bapron.” From “Craftiness is Not Optional.”
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For Christmas, I mentioned to my mom my desire for a few sewing-related items that I thought would be useful. She graciously obliged with some new presser foot attachments and an iron. I’m now calling them my “essential sewing supplies” – i.e.- how did I sew without them before?
First, The Walking Foot: The walking [...]
We received a crocheted baby “cocoon” or “snuggle sack” or “papoose” as a gift from my uncle. We’ve loved using it because our son is tough to swaddle sometimes. He’s a kicker. With this, his feet are always covered up, keeping him warm. While this came from a local woman in Schuyler, VA, I had [...]
If you’ve been following Handmade Baby Clothes for the past month or so, you can see that I’ve diverted my attention toward some handmade baby gear, which may or may not exactly be clothes. I’m preparing for a new baby right now — due in two weeks, and this post is a recap of all [...]
I finally caved and made a shopping cart / high chair cover. I guess I saw one too many a nasty high chair while dining out that sent me over the edge.
This isn’t the full tutorial, but I will explain how I made it, and more importantly, I will give you the dimensions and [...]
At the beginning of my daughter’s life, in the breast-fed baby stage, we used a majority of cloth diapers and never decided to purchase a diaper genie. As she now approaches two, well past the breast-fed stage, we’ve made the switch to disposable diapers. But we still haven’t purchased the “genie.” I’ve figured out how [...]
Burp cloths are a new baby necessity. The designer burp clothes are so popular; I have some for my daughter that I love, but they are monogrammed, so while I will probably still use them around the house for this upcoming baby, I knew I needed some more… to avoid confusion, of course. Good thing [...]
After making my flannel swaddling blanket, I decided to make an infant carrier cover from the same flannel fabric. It matched the new baby car seat carrier perfectly, so I couldn’t resist. Wanna make one too? Keep reading for the tutorial…
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