Angela’s baby gift

After having three boys, a very dear friend of mine will be having her first baby girl soon. I am so excited for her! I jumped on the opportunity to make some fun girly baby stuff.

Skirt, embellished onesie, headband, and burp cloth

Dress, diaper cover and shoes



I LOVE the shoes!

Bib

Hairclips


Of course I had to make a quilt.

Close-ups






Back of the quilt

The fabric is “The Simple Life” by Tasha Noel from Riley Blake. I hand quilted it with Size 8 Pearl Cotton Thread

Simple skirts

I found some cute fabric at Hobby Lobby a while back and decided to make the girls skirts with it. They still love matching because they like the attention they get for being twins when they do. People don’t notice as much when they aren’t dressed alike. I wonder when they will grow out of that.

Rag Doll

My youngest daughter has a birthday party tomorrow and I wanted to send her with a handmade gift. I found this tutorial online and went to work on my first rag doll.

Here she is in her undies.

Here she is fully dressed.

I love just about everything about her, but one of my favorite parts is that her painted on maryjanes and socks.

I also made the birthday girl a hair bow and skirt so she can match her dolly.

The fabrics are darling 1930’s reproductions. The little kids on the bikes make me smile.

Maxi skirt

A few weeks ago, I found this dress on the clearance rack at Old Navy. It’s a maternity dress and I am not currently pregnant, nor will I ever again be pregnant but I liked the bottom of the dress and it was super cheap so I bought it anyway.

When I got it home, I whacked off the top of the dress,made and attached a wide elastic waistband.and had myself a new maxi skirt.

Pinwheels and Prairie Points

A really good friend of mine back in Las Vegas is getting ready to welcome a new baby girl into her family. I am so sad I can’t be there for her baby shower, but I enjoyed spending some time these last few weeks making her baby gift. Here is the coordinating onesie, skirt, shoes, and burp cloth I sent her.

Gotta love the shoes!

Here is the blanket/quilt I made. I don’t know if I can technically call it a quilt because it only has a top and a backing, but no middle batting layer. I used a nice warm fuzzy backing so I didn’t think batting was necessary. The top is pieced and I bound the edges like I would do a quilt.

I have never done prairie points on a quilt before and I absolutely love them on this quilt. They were definitely worth the extra effort.

 

Her baby shower is a book shower and everyone is supposed to bring books for the new baby. I love the idea, especially for a mom who is not a first timer. Although I never pass the opportunity to make fun baby items for my friends, I also wanted to stick with the theme of the shower. I found this vintage book from 1960 at a little bookstore near downtown Orlando. I loved this story as a kid and it didn’t hurt that the colors/fabrics in the quilt totally remind me of Raggedy Ann and Andy. Other than a little wear on the corners it was in amazing condition, there is no writing or torn pages in the book, and the colors in the photos are still vibrant. It was an awesome find!

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What do you think?

Although I’m always on the look out for something cute to make my girls, I NEVER sew my own clothes out of fear of looking like a polygamist. But about a month ago, I saw this skirt online and really liked it so I decided I would throw caution to the wind and ordered the fabric. I finished the skirt today, although I did the bottom two tiers differently than the tutorial because I didn’t want a double of layer of fabric on the bottom. When I tried it on, I figured it was cute enough for lazy summer days, but when I showed my husband he cringed. Now I’m afraid to wear it. I need some honest opinions. Would you wear this for a regular running to the grocery store or taking the kids to the park kind of day?

Easter Skirts

Every year, I buy my girls new dresses for Easter. But a month or so ago, I came across this bustle skirt tutorial and decided I would make the 3 little ones skirts for Easter this year. I still haven’t decided what I am going to do for Hailey.

I finally finished the last one yesterday and have even made each one a matching hair clip to go with it. Here are the girls modeling their new skirts. Don’t worry, they won’t be wearing those shirts with them for Easter, it’s just what they happened to be wearing when I tracked them down to try them on.

And here are their hair clips:

And a close up of one of the skirts: