Sunday, August 07, 2011

for the baby...

one very nice thing about this summer has been the extra time i've had for prenatal yoga and swimming and sewing baby clothes! i've surprised myself by how much i am enjoying my sewing machine. i think i anticipated liking it and using it occasionally... but sewing something daily has become such a part of my routine that if i don't use it for a day i feel a loss. all this to say i've been creating quite a few things for this baby.

Moon loves these soft toys i made with some fabric remnants and extra stuffing from the boppy pillow.


this is an ikea find from a thrift store. it's real wood and while i didn't intend to alter it, i couldn't resist making it black. (and it will probably be a year before we actually need it/use it...)


the boppy pillow...


while i didn't craft this, i did find it (very cheap!) and think it is adorable.


a couple onesies i did create... (i've done several with the bird and a few with the french lettering)



when i discovered how easy these newborn hats are to make.... well, let's just say we have plenty.


pants are what i have sewn (clothes-wise) the most of. they are quite easy and all these were made out of recycled t-shirt or other shirts from moon or i.


this is my favorite from an old cashmere sweater (had a hole in it and i never wore it). sooo soft and will be nice in the winter, i'm hoping.


decided to try some baby shoes... a surprisingly simple pattern to follow and needed very little fabric. these are supposedly newborn to 6 months or so.


we are still in the deliberating stage of all this.... i think we've got the girl option, but the boy is a bit tricky.


and now for the little one themself... the 3-D ultrasound images were a bit strange to me at our 20-week ultrasound, but we had another one a couple weeks ago and as the baby is now bigger the images seem much nicer to me. you can begin to see the little person...