Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Fabric Covered Burp Cloths

A few weeks ago a friend of mine told me she wanted to make some of those fabric covered burp cloths, but would love to have them embroidered with her last name.  Well, I was headed home for the weekend, and my mom has an embroidery machine, so I had her collect her fabric and give it to me before I left, and I had my mom embroider them for her  And while she was embroidering those, I decided to make some for a friend who is due with a baby girl in October, and had my mom embroider those for me too.  They turned out great!  There are a lot of different tutorials out there for these, but the one I used (and liked the best after checking out a few different ones) is this one.  I LOVE how these turned out and can't wait til I have another one of my own to make some for myself :)






*Also when making these I tried to keep there fairly gender neutral since this is her first kid, that way they can be used if she ever has a little boy.


**When buying the fabric diapers to use, I couldn't find the Gerber ones pictured in the tutorial.  All of the Gerber ones I found were either really thin or really thick,  so we ended up using the Carter brand ones you can buy at Wal-mart.


Monday, August 1, 2011

Spin Around Dress

I saw THIS dress tutorial, and just knew I had to make it for my little girl!  I finally got around to sewing it, after cutting it out months ago!  I changed it up a little bit, I added a hem on the bottom that matches the sash and I cut it down by about 5 inches.  It says the pattern is a 2T, but it ended up being WAY too long for my little girl... who is 2 and usually wears a 2-3T.  Anyways, I LOVE the way it turned out and she loves to spin in it!  Oh and what is a cute dress with out a matching bow?  So I added a little bow to the sash and made a matching one for the hair.  I love it and the little girl!

Before I added the bow to the sash.


After I added the bow to the sash