As you know, I recently became enamored with sewing. Being in the phase of life where all your friends are having babies, I thought it would be cool to figure out how to hand-make some gifts.
I started with burp rags, because who cares about straight seams when barf is involved? Not me. And not these recipients, I hope!
I bought "snuggle flannel" at the fabric store, plus terry cloth material for heavy-duty backing (my sister was a super-spitter-upper) and also some fuzzy soft chenille,
At the suggestion of my barf-blanket-sewing buddy, I also sewed some flannel-on-flannel. The toughest part for me was matching fabrics. I really struggle with that.
For the most part, I sewed these together first with the wrong sides out, leaving a hole, then flipping them and doing a finishing stitch around the outside. If I had a more advanced machine, I probably could have done the flannel-flannel ones with a single strong zig zag stitch around the outside.
Also, a cute homemade baby gift could be a set of clips designed to keep a pacifier or other toys attached to the baby or stroller. They sell the clips (for suspenders) and $3.49 for one or 2 total clips...but...if you walk a little further in the craft store to the supply section - here are 4 "straps" meant for holding your ironing board cover on -- but ultimately, its a clip and some elastic - for just $4! you could make 4 "clippies" with this package! Actually, if you attach the clip to the pacifier with a hair tie or something instead (loopy elastic) then you could actually make 8 gifts with one package. This is one of my 2013 project goals.
Sooo...anyone having a baby I can sew for???
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Not yet...but we're keeping our fingers crossed that she'll be here by Tuesday!!!
I have the same problem with matching fabrics. The most helpful thing I did was to go shopping with a friend who's good at it and try to learn from her.
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