Baby nightgown

I promise that I won't do only baby garments forever but this morning my DIL sent me this picture and this gives me an excuse to show our latest and also a great pattern.

The fabric is some bamboo jersey I got at my local Fabricville (on a whim just checked and this fabric is actually on sale in their online store)  and is incredibly soft. I also made some burp cloths (free pattern from P4P) and a nursing coverup (from SUAT here, I am ashamed to say I paid for such an easy pattern but I was on a late night roll). BTW the cover-up and burp clothes make for a great insta baby gift if you ever need one.

Here is the nightgown pattern from Peekaboo:

Like all Peekaboo patterns it was an easy sew but, as I mentioned before, I found there was too much bulk in a small area around the neckline with those lapped seams when I serged them and in subsequent versions of this nightgown I used a small zigzag instead and I was much happier with it.

I have to say I as pleased when my DIL said she liked nightgowns. I remember myself how easy they were for night time changes on really little babies and the elastic bottom keeps them from riding up.

I am having a lot of fun over here.

Baby gift sewing

Last week one of my nieces had her first baby. Alma is a most beautiful baby and after a slow entry into the world has pretty much delighted everyone.

Being long distance on this one I decided to make a baby gift. And being a practical sort of person I decided they most needed a diaper bag with many pockets and a changing pad thingy.

I found just the patterns I was looking for at Peekaboo, a nice company that does a good job with cool family patterns and accessories. 

Here are the patterns I used:

Both patterns were very easy to sew- the diaper changing clutch is one you can file away in the Insta Gift folder.

I used a denim for the exterior fabric and some laminated cotton for the inside. I interfaced all external pieces with a fusible woven and then added a fusible fleece on top of that for support, and in the case of the clutch, so the baby wouldn't be laying right on a hard surface.

I definitely have to make up a few of these clutches to have around for emergency showers or surprise babies. 

It was fun to sew something different!

Inside view of the bag, various open pockets, a key fob, a zippered pocket, and a magnetic closure

The set and although they are made of the exact same fabric they seem to look like they are not here. Interesting.

The clutch opened up with a pocket for diapers and wipes. I would probably turn this around if I was changing someone and lay their head on the pocket.

The clutch closed - even if you don't get involved in the whole diaper bag thing this clutch alone is pretty handy.

Side view of the bag showing one outside pocket and how the interfacing combo holds the whole thing up.

The other side with a different pocket, note all pocket tops are piped for support.