Handmade Baby Shower Gifts

It's baby time! I have a baby shower to attend for a little boy. I struggled on what to make. Decided to make a taggie blanket, plus a baby bib and burp cloths I found on Pinterest. I dug through my massive collection of scrap fabric and found a bundle of fat quarters I purchased years ago. LOVED how they all turned out.

Here's a closer view of each:

I altered the bib pattern from Chickpea studio by adding a contrasting fabric to the bottom:

I didn't have enough fabric to make a continuous top, so I had to piece it together.

I've been making taggie blankets for years. Just used left over fabric from the burp cloths and miscellaneous ribbon I had lying around. Lined it with flannel. Cute, right?

And these are the burp cloths. I've made these from scratch and lined them with terry cloth in the past. This was so much easier! Simply sewed fabric to cloth diapers. Now why didn't I think of this before?

Canvas Trick-or-Treat Bag with Felt Appliqués

As if I didn't have enough to make for Halloween, I decided to make a trick-or-treat bag too!

Used a store bought black canvas bag and cut out a ton of felt! I was crazy enough to embroider all of the edges by hand.

Cheshire Cat Costume

Finished my niece's costume and it turned out amazing! See previous post showing the mask, which is my favorite part. The rest of the costume was made out of fleece. The most annoying part was piecing the cat's stripes, but the rest was a breeze.

Cheshire Cat T-shirt

To surprise my niece for Halloween, not only did I make her a Cheshire Cate costume, but I also made her a t-shirt that looked just like the mask. I sent this to her ahead of time so that she could get a glimpse of what was to come.

I made a quick pattern based on my mask pattern. I used felt for each piece, Light Steam-a-Seam to hold it together and used embroidery floss for the stitching.

Halloween Ghost Felt Baby Booties

Just in time for Halloween, I bring you the ghost felt baby booties!

Cheshire Cat Costume - Mask

I started my nieces Cheshire cat costume about a month ago. I have been slowly working on it. I started off by sketching out a mask. My niece is 4, so I wanted to use a material that wouldn’t feel too rough so I decided to create it from felt.

Gone Batty Baby Boy Booties

I version of my Gone Batty Mary Jane Booties, but for a boy. I'm starting to really like these! The blue really stands out against the black felt.