Onesie Dress

 I am back! I've been trying to figure out how to fit in time for crafts, and have 3 demanding kids. Solution? Stay up really late and regret it the next morning. Sometimes you just have to have me time. I really wanted to make my girls matching skirts that they could wear to all the family Easter parties, but apparently this 3rd child has zapped all my brain cells and I can't remember how to make things. I did manage to finally get something to turn out. I know the pictures aren't great, but I was in a hurry because my two year old thinks that any time I try to do something besides give her my total attention she needs to throw huge fits. I can see why people stop at 3 kids. ha. We are hopefully finishing the nursery today so look for a post about that soon.

Burp Cloth

 My sweet hubby got me a really nice Bernina Activia 220 sewing machine for my high school graduation and I love to get my sewing on! 

 This is a simple but fun project and you don't need to be a master seamstress or have the kind of machine I have to achive this personalized baby gift.  I started with a package of  cloth diapers. I couldn't find anything smaller then a 12 count package but I know a few girls having babies this year so they aren't going to sit around the house and wait for a place to go.

This is my son Sean and the keeper of anything I'm not currently touching when I do crafts.
(Please don't mind the full garbage can in the background, it's the one thing I refuse to do.)

 Then I got some bright colored cotton fabric from Joann's, I cut the fabric to 5 1/2 in by 19 1/2 in.using my rotary cutter and matt, (I can't tell you how nice it is to have them, if you want to make blankets or anything really with a strait line I suggest getting one.) So then I folded the fabric under 1/4 in all the way around to make sure I had a finished edge and sew that down the middle of my cloth diaper, but I didn't think that was cute enough so then I found some really cute ribbon and cut two 20 in pieces folded it under 1/2 in on both sides and sew it down the long sides of the fabric overlaping the fabric just a little bit. I made one in purple and one in pink roll them up, tie them together with some more ribbon and you got a beautiful gift.

3 little blankets

Making blankets is one of my favorite things to do. My daughter is super attached to her blankets, so giving/sharing  them with the new baby is not an option. Finding fabric that is both cute and gender neutral is harder than you think. I did the best I could.

The first blanket I made the corners round and added rick rack to the edges. It was my first time sewing rick rack to a blanket, and surprisingly it turned out really good!

I also made 2 Self-binding receiving blankets. These are SO easy to make until you get to the corners. The first time I ever made one of these blankets I had someone there helping me so my corners turned out awesome. This time doing them on my own they were just ok. I guess I need to make more so I can practice. ;)

Harmony

Bandanna Valentine Dress

I have been wanting to make one of these bandanna dresses since I first saw them on a blog I follow. You can find the tutorial HERE. It really only does take about 15 minutes too! I also wanted my little girl to have something cute to wear for Valentines day. Needless to say, I was excited when I found these bandannas for a dollar each at Walmart! 

(sorry about the pictures. I have been meaning to take some of her in this dress all day, but haven't had the chance until it was dark and late.)

Harmony