(like the rod stewart song)
i'm a millennial living in the bay area who loves dark beer, the environment, and sewing for the tiny humans in my life. more
All in baby apparel
when a very good friend had a baby girl named violet, i knew whatever i made her had to be floral and purple.
i guess we can file this one under ‘good things come to those who wait'.
within an hour of finding out that talia was going to be a girl i went to my fabric stash and starting planning her first dress.
in the spirt of not letting perfect be the enemy of good, here is a quick post.
of course i was going to sew my baby boy a lil man flannel.
i’m rarely old fashioned in my opinions, but for some reason i feel very strongly that talia needs to have on bloomers, shorts, or leggings under skirts and dresses.
after a decade of sewing for other people’s daughters i knew sewing for my own would be fun…but i had no idea how much fun.
once a year, usually when i’m traveling for the holidays, i take up knitting for a bit. i inevitably do a few projects before reverting to sewing as my medium of choice for creative expression.
my husband and I love the west wing. we named our cat after one of the characters (chairman percy fitzwallace) and entered our wedding reception to the theme song, to confusion of most of our guests (and delight of a select few).
but wait, there are more flower girl fabric leftovers!
i used was able to squeeze one more piece out of the lovely honeycomb fabric from fabric depot I used for the garden party dress and mini southport dress: an oliver + s butterfly top in the 12 - 18 month size.
baby clothing continues!
what to make for a baby girl whose dad is a big hunter? something out of the cotton + steel arrow print of course!
our friends recently had a baby girl, so i whipped up this little top for her to wear next summer.
when a lovely coworker has a baby girl on your birthday a special gift is in order!
another baby boy, another oliver + s sketchbook shirt.
unlike my previous renditions of this pattern (here, here, and here) i decided to make this one from a chambray (which I got from stonemountain & daughter on my birthday as mentioned here) for two reasons:
1. it’s this couple’s first baby and chambray is a gender neutral choice. you know just in case a girl comes along later.
2. the father of this baby wears a lot of chambray button down shirts, so now they can be twins.
quick post on something I whipped up for baby wesley!
one of the oldest fabrics in my stash is this whale laminated oilcloth I bought back in cambridge at gather here in 2012. having never sewn with oilcloth before I was looking for an easier pattern that would provide lots of instruction and up my odds of a successful result.
cue the little things to sew book from oliver + s.
about a year ago I got an invitation to a baby shower for the wife of victor's cousin. I RSVPed, put it on my calendar, and figured in the months to come I would have plenty of time to make something.
then I got distracted by wedding planning and realized 24 hours before the shower I didn't have anything. so i turned to my stash and a tried and true oliver + s pattern.
