Embellished t-shirt

Found this oh so cute stripey top at the Sallies yesterday - the label is Kristen Fordham which seems to be quite a nice shop in Herne Bay.  I got it for $1, but unfortunately couldn't get a couple of stains off the front.  Hence the hot air balloon :)  Think the ric rac is the wrong colour - might replace it with some grey ribbon.  Or then again, I might throw it in the wash and put it in the drawer....

The idea came from here, a little better executed than mine! 

Treasure basket

Technically I didn't make this...but I did change it so it counts as a project.  It's one of those $2 shop woven flax bags.  You soak it in warm water for about ten minutes, then it can be bent and folded - this one has handles but they're tucked under the top brim.  To make it sit flat you just push in the bottom corners.  It's filled with bits and pieces that G likes to play with - much more than the far larger basket of 'real' toys.

Lotta Jansdotter bibs

Two bibs turned and topstitched out of a fabric I have had forever and not known what to do with. I added an extra 1/4 inch to the pattern to allow for the turning - need to try them on and check they fit before making any more.  Upping the solids to twice a day has upped our bib requirements - thought I had lots of bibs but all the commercial ones I have are rubbish - too small and non-absorbent.

Don't seem to be making any progress on non-baby sewing!

Bloomers/pants from Amvic pattern

Whoops, there has been sewing going on around here - just no posting.  These two pairs of pants took about 20 minutes each - easy peasy.  From a 1979 Amvic Knit Kit pattern.  They are drafted all in one piece, but I put a seam across the crotch to make it easier to put the ribbing around the legs.  Excuse the avocado stains and stretched out legs on the red pair - they are hot off the press, as it were.  Started to put size tags in - twill tape and a sharpie!

Another Rocket Bottoms

Getting behind in the posting!  Since the last post I've made 5 bandana bibs (4 of which I sold at Playcentre today, so no photos!), 3 cushions for M's 'clubhouse' in the garage, and finished the quilt from a few posts ago.  I've got several more nappies at various stages of sewing too.  Enough sewing for baby, my next project is a handbag for me :)

Rocket Bottoms nappy

Rocket Bottoms nappy.  White PUL outside with tabs and front leak guard in snowman PUL.  Used an old dryfit t-shirt for the inside - will see how it goes.  I'm assuming that it will wick moisture away and into the insert, but it's not very thick so I'm unsure whether it will be comfortable or not...thought it was going to be horrible to sew with but it wasn't too bad.  I've got enough for one more nappy if it is successful, and I'll get more in white for more nappies if it works.

Bib take 2

Wow, finally blogger didn't rotate a photo!  Another from Lotta Jansdotter's Simple Sewing for Babies - much more successful with an old towel for backing and a narrower knit binding - cut 1.5" wide. 

Bandana bibs

Took all of half an hour to make these bandana dribble bibs - most backed with hemp terry (I think that's what it is), but the green one on the left backed with an old towel.  The terry is thinner, better suited to these bibs, but the towel is nice and thick for proper bibs.

Top in floral lawn

Argh I don't know why this photo is on its side - and there's no way to fix it!  Silly blogger.  Anyway...

Gorgeous cotton lawn that mum found at the opshop - about 2m for $2.  This used a tiny bit of it!  Might make some matching bloomers.  Made the pintucks on the front before cutting it out, much easier way of doing it.  Pattern from Enid Gilchrist's Baby Book, modified to make shoulders narrower and neckline lower at front.

Apples bib

From Lotta Jansdotter's Simple Sewing for Baby.   I said that I'd even post things I wasn't happy with...maybe the next bib will look a little more polished!  Used some leftover cream coral fleece for the back.  Will cut up an old towel for mark II, think it will be more stable and easier to sew with.  Don't know why blogger has turned the photo on its side...