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Friday, May 1, 2015

More baby stuff

I sewed most of these clothes months ago when I was in super-nesting mode, but I left most of the knit items unfinished due to frustration with my machine's refusal to hem the thin jerseys.  Bolstered by my knit sewing successes during KCW, I finally pulled them out and finished them.  I had limited myself to stash fabrics (with a special emphasis on using up small scraps) for the gender-neutral newborn layette, and here is what I came up with.  Fabric from Girl Charlee.


The t-shirt in this set is an XXS from Simplicity 5316, modified to remove the unnecessary side snaps (I've always been able to get it over the head just fine without them).  The pants are from a Made By Rae tutorial which I modified by lengthening the rise (to make more room for fluffy cloth diapers) and adding a yoga-style waistband (more comfy than elastic, and easier to sew with my serger).  I drafted the hat pattern.


This t-shirt and pants both from the same Simplicity 5136 pattern.  The pants (which are supposed to be 0-3 month size) look particularly huge so I don't know how they will fit for a newborn.  This wasn't meant to be a matching set - again, stash remnants (almost all from Girl Charlee)!  The hat pattern is my own.



This cloud fabric is a soft and comfy modal/cotton/lycra blend hat my machine really did not enjoy sewing.



These swaddles are from a free Lotta Jansdotter pattern.  I made the owl print one first but it seemed small so I lengthened the pattern for the second swaddle.  The outers are woven cotton prints and the inners are soft cotton knit.


My oldest loved swaddles, but the other two hated them, so I'm not sure how much use these will get.


Don't mind the wrinkles, they've been rolled up in a basket for months.



3 comments:

  1. These are all adorable! And you are ON FIRE!! Dare I say it ... are you "nesting"?

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    1. Yes, I think that is pretty safe to say at this point :)

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  2. Love these! Knits are so comfy for sleep new babies and those swaddles are great!

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