the skivies that took two weeks

Thankfully baby is sleeping better now and I'm starting to get caught up. :P Between her wonky naps and my serger throwing a fit these took two full weeks to get finished. I gave up by the time I got to the waistbands and skipped the serging.

6 skivies in my boys' favorite style, with enclosed waist elastic so no elastic touches skin, and every seam topstitched down, cotton/lycra blend jersey fabric, size 6 short. Every detail is a custom request. Yup, I'm raising skivie snobs.


This set for my ds nicknamed Moose. When I ran across moose tags I couldn't resist!

My first doll

Why did I wait this long to start making toys?? These are fun to make! Pattern from Bitofwhimsyprims on Etsy. Body, "hood" and appendages are flannel, her face and hair are jersey (tshirt). Face is machine stitched on with a skinny satin stitch.

the squid

My Lawyer (big ds) picked out every fabric for this from my scrap box, and chose where they'd be used. He's worn most of those fabrics in some form. :) Pattern from bitofwhimsyprims on Etsy. The squid has been named General Grievous and was lovingly tucked under his arm and off for adventures as soon as I cut the thread that sewed his last eye. He's been to the backyard, his boy's bed, and errands with us so far.

baby romper dress

I started out with a jon jon pattern for this one. I put a dress front over the romper front and left off the front facing. I also made the crotch snap closing instead of sewn shut. I'm going to take the (slightly wonky) pocket off and put a white ruffle on it instead, needs more contrast.





For A Public Diet ~ To create that kitten diaper I used the Very Baby all-in-one baby diaper pattern and scaled it down. You can buy that at www.verybaby.com :) If you poke around the web there are oodles of free diaper patterns out there, I think the Wee Weka site has newborn sizes for free that would be simple to scale down. Hope that helps!