Baby Crafts

I have an adorable 6 month old daughter. She entertains me everyday and I can not believe how quickly she is growing. So when I decided the start sewing, an item for my daughter was top of the list. 

I searched for a pattern that would be cute but easy and came across Butterick pattern 3405. 

I chose pattern C which is a short top and matching panties. 

The most enjoyable part of making a garment is choosing the fabric. As I have said before I am obsessed with Alexander Henry fabric so it was only right my daughters dress should be made out of something from his collection. 

Alexander Henry is rarely on sale so I was so happy to stumble across the great site www.fondantfabrics.co.uk. Not only did they have a sale, they offer free postage if you spend over £40. 

This is the stash my postman delivered. 

I was very excited when I opened these beauties. The top three metres are all Alexander Henry, the skulls are from David Textiles and the flowers from Michael Miller. Out of the batch I went with the Japanese girls. 

I have always found paper patterns very daunting. I thought the brown tracing patterns and minimal instructions meant they were only to be tackled by professionals. However once I opened the envelope and read through it didn't seem so bad. 

The part I found most difficult to understand was interfacing of the back where the press studs would go. Even though I read the instructions many, many times, I still ended up putting it on the wrong way. But it's ok as you can't see the mistake when she is wearing it. The panties were really easy to construct as well. 

Here's the finished garment. The cuteness of the model helps :) 

As I was on a roll with baby crafts I decided to try a bib. 

A new sewing magazine was launched in April called Love Sewing. 

It was such a successful magazine the company completely sold out of copies. There were so many modern and exciting patterns that I hope to tackle soon but first an easy pattern, the bandana bib. 

There was an actual size template provided and I cut out a pattern fabric front and a fleece for the backing. I used the red skulls fabric from David Textiles and a red fleece for the back. The fleece I used was very thick and so in future I think a thinner fleece or a flannel material. However, the end result still looked good. 

Isn't she gorgeous ❤️ 

I have all of her first baby grows and want to make a quilt out of them. I've got so far as cutting out squares. It won't be an easy first quilt as the baby grows are jersey material so will stretch when sewn, but however it ends up looking the memories will still be there.