Winners!

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Jess

Winners for the giveaway have been chosen!

Thanks so much to everyone who entered! Seriously, it’s super fun to give things away. Love it.

The winner of the owl onesie, chosen by random.org is…. [drum roll please]

Susan L!
Congrats, Susan!
Please send me your address and I will send out your new onesie.
[email ifonlytheywouldnap@gmail.com]

And the winner of the Valentine Legwarmers, [or arm warmers if you have an older child!] chosen by random.org, is…..

Debbie M!
Congrats, Debbie!
Please send me your address and I will send out your new leg warmers.
[email ifonlytheywouldnap@gmail.com]

Thanks again everyone who entered. Super fun. We just might have to do more of these… :)

I’ve got a big day of extended family fun ahead of me today! Hope you all have a wonderful day. :)

Rockstar Baby

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Jess

Today I went to a baby shower for a dear friend. Her husband is a rockstar. Seriously. So if your daddy is a rockstar, you need to be able to rock with him.

A Rockstar Onesie!

I just machine stitched on this guitar-shaped fabric applique, cut from a fat quarter. I left the edges raw, because as it washes, it will fray a little, which will add to the rockstar quality a little bit.

The hat is made from this tutorial. You may remember that I also made another one of these hats in this post. The hat is upcycled from a never-worn 4x jersey skirt that I scored at Goodwill.

Sometimes I find it hard to make gender neutral clothes, but I think a boy or a girl could easily rock out in this outfit. I just hope that this baby chooses to do his or rockin’ mostly during the day, for the sake of these newbie parents. :)

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Girl Clothes!

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Jess

I am surrounded by boys. My kids are boys. My friends keep having boys. Seriously, there are a couple dozen kids at our church, and there is one lone girl (who can hold her own quite well, by the way). Needless to say, I get pretty excited when I have the chance to make something for a baby girl. So when one of my best high school buds told me she discovered that her December baby will be a girl, I began to see pink.

Awhile back, I ran across a tutorial for the easiest baby hat ever.
http://originalandrea.blogspot.com/2009/09/baby-knot-ears-hat-tutorial.html

And this 0h-so-cute fabric needed to be used to make a matching onesie.

I made a template out of paper for this applique, then traced it on the reverse side of the fabric. I was having trouble with my mom’s sewing machine, so I quickly hand sewed this one onto the front.

Can’t wait to see this on that sweet baby girl!

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Felt Embellished Baby Onesies!

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Jess

A couple weeks ago, I broke my first needle on my sewing machine. It was a sad day, because I was finishing a project for myself, and I couldn’t get the old needle off! But of course, that problem is fixed and we are now back in business.

But before I could get back to finishing my selfish sewing (which sometimes is much more fun, I will admit), I had to whip something up for a baby shower! So, here are the baby onesies, embellished with felt. I love decorating onesies with felt. It has a fun look to it, and it’s super easy to make. Some pieces are hand-sewn (which is great for when I’m watching The Next Food Network Star, or some other TV show – I like to multi-task!), and some are machine-sewn.

Lion…