Christmas Projects

This year I decided to make some of the kids Christmas gifts. I was mostly able to use fabric that I already had, which made it CHEAP!! Wyatt has wanted me to make him a robe for a while, so I decided to make the Wyatt, Cameron and Clare a robe. These are from fleece fabric I had. Then, I made Wyatt and Cameron PJ pants. These are from some "Christmasy" plaid flannel I had.

Cameron's Pants

Wyatt's Pants

I made Clare a diaper bag, sort of patterned after my diaper bag. I then made her some little flannel diapers for her babies. The pattern is found here. Two are pictured, small and large, and I made her two of each size. To make the small ones I used a 1/2" seam and large a 1/4" seam. I made two burp cloths out of flannel as well.

Clare LOVED these tutus we saw at a children's resale shop. They were like $35, and I thought to myself, "I could make that...for way cheaper". I think it cost $5 for the tulle and ribbon. I cut the tulle to the right width and length, then gathered each piece. I sewed a 1/2" ribbon on the edge of one of the pieces. I put all the layers together and basted around the top. I then took two pieces of 1 1/2" ribbon and sewed them together lengthwise to make the casing for the elastic. Note: grosgain ribbon is too thick for the casing....must use satin. Seam ripping tulle is NOT fun!

And for Tag, I made a hooded bath towel. I saw this really cute one on this blog. I like the style of it. It fits and stays on the baby's head nicely and it's big enough to wrap him up well. It uses a bath towel and a hand towel, which you can get both at Walmart for around $5. I didn't take very good pictures to show the pleat in the back of the hood. Go to that blog to see it better.

Monkey Shoes

I saw this pattern for baby shoes and had to make them! They are so cute! They are made from Brown Flannel and the lining is brown felt. You fuse the layers together using Wonderunder, which is really cool stuff. My first time using it. They turned out to be quite easy to make. I think the hardest thing was cutting out and handling the tiny pieces.

Plaid PJ Pants

I was given boxes, and I mean BOXES of fabric from a older lady Bryce did some work for. She was done sewing and gave me her whole stash. There was a bunch of different flannel plaids. I decided to make some pj pants out of it. For mine, I used some old flannel pj pants as a pattern. They were torn, so I cut them at the seams and cut out the pieces slightly bigger to allow for a seam and a new waistband on the new pants. I even used the elastic from the old pants for the new ones! For Clare's, I modified a pattern for some toddler pants that I've used before. That pattern, for some reason, seemed to be to tall and wide, so I cut the piece a bit smaller. They fit her perfectly! She loves them, because they're like mine! Super easy to make!!

Diaper Bag

Just before Tag was born I thought about buying a new diaper bag, but decided that the one I used with Clare was still in pretty good shape and I could use it. I also have a hard time finding a diaper bag I like. I do NOT like those ones that are like a suitcase. I'm more of a small purse kinda girl. I have been able to get away with a small one for the other kids probably since I don't have to pack and haul around bottles and stuff. I recently saw this blog post at Sew Much Ado...in fact I can't even remember how I came across it. I wasn't looking to make a diaper bag. I thought it was really cute....even though it's a little bigger than the bags or purses I usually like to carry. I've only taken it out once since I've finished it and so far it's good. It was pretty simple to make. Just the inside pockets gave me a little trouble.....but in the end turned out fine.

Here's a shot of the inside of the bag. It has a pocket made from the main fabric that goes around the entire inside of the bag.