Fancy baby burp cloths

I used flannel on one side and a baby cloth diaper on the other side for extra absorbency.




The blanket binding is made out of pink gingham flannel sewn on my serger with a rolled edge stitch.



Today I  wanted to try something fun so I made fancy baby burp cloths. I used a try-fold baby diaper and flannel. On my serger I made the blanket binding out of the pink and white gingham. Then, I assembled the fancy baby burp cloths. It was a little windy outside when I took these photos and the fabric was blowing around and it was a bit too cold to stay out and redo so it doesn't look very straight in the picture. It is much cuter in person.

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Ladybug Bib for Baby Sikes 2

I have been wanting to make some baby bibs for the soon to be new arrival in our family so I made this little bib. I know babies can be quite messy so I may need to make another one just to save in case this one is ruined.  This is my favorite thing I have ever made.

This bib is made of cotton fabric with batting as a lining to absorb spills, etc. The face is somewhat appliqued and hand embroidered with embroidery thread since I don't have an embroidery machine yet. Maybe someday I will get an embroidery machine.  I serged most of this project except for the top.  I just love how fast the serger makes projects go and I love the strength and durability of the seams and stitches.   The legs and ties are made of ribbons.

Baby Sikes 2 Nano

Sophia gently informed me that her baby sister was going to need her own Nano.  For those that are reading that don't know, my daughter has named her security blanket Nano and felt the soon to be arriving baby should have one too.  Nano lately has become quite human in that it eats at the table on a chair, loves grapes, goes on the the doll potty chair and even gets sad sometimes.  Who knew?   So, I found a scrap of soft flannel fabric and started sewing. I made a small lightweight blanket for baby Sikes 2 so she will have her very own blanket.

With this project I learned how to use blanket binding which I have never used in sewing before. It was harder than I expected but fun to learn. 

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