Sewing for Baby Owen

I have been busy lately sewing fun

little items for my soon to be arriving

grandson Owen.

As I spend a considerable amount of

time browsing pinterest, I have seen

alot, I mean ALOT of the cutest baby 

gotta haves! So I just had to give them a 

try. At least some of them as I have 

pinned too many to make, as I am sure

alot of us have!  *you know I'm right*

The first have to make is thebaby boy, 

ah, squirt stopper? You know, when 

you take the diaper off and the second

you do baby lets loose with a quick

 squirt! These will protect you and him

both!!  To make them extra absorbant,

 I used regular cotton fabric for

 outside, lined with flannel then used

chenille on top of the flannel. Figured 

that would be pretty absorbant. Ain't

they just the cutest???

Owens momma had seen the sweet  little leg

 warmers  made from adult socks and wanted

some so I just had to oblige. As new babies legs 

are just so sweet and small I used girls sized 

knee socks so they would not be too baggy.

Will use larger ones when baby gets older and 

gets on the move! LOVE the colors!

 I fell in love with Riley Blakes fabric, Scoot.

 Made some small bibs out of that. 

And again, middle layer is flannel 

and then a layer of terry.  Figure 

thats good enough while baby is small.

And burp rags can catch overflow!

I made a few burp clothes, have plans to 

make more. I just used cute flannel I had 

on hand, put a double layer of flannel in

 middle and then more chenille on top of 

that.  They are sooo soft!

 I am just starting to do appliques, and

thought this would be cute. I just put

tissue on the onsies top and kinda

outlined the edges and sketched

where I wanted the lines of the front

of the vest to go. Added mismatched

buttons, stitched fake buttonholes

and ta~da! I think it turned out 

pretty cute for a first time attempt.

Now if it just holds up in the laundry!!!!

 Of course Owen has to have a taggie,

and I wanted to do his initial. Thought

about just doing the O alone, but  when

I set it on top of this fabric, knew it had 

to be this way.The fabric is Moda,

 Grow with Me.

 Closer shot of the vest, love the buttons!

I thought it would be cute if I made

some kind of matching shirt for 

Owen and his big brother Landon.

I had seen the appliqued ties

and had to make 'em. 

 Just tooooo sweet!

 

I wanted to make my daughter a diaper bag 

and this is what I came up with. The fabric is 

 Bunny Hill Designs for Moda, Puttin' on

 the Ritz. Its damask and so pretty.

I added a small charm on the handle *see it 

there on the left?* I hung it with grey velvet

 ribbon, and the charm is "made with love".

 A peek at the inside. Lots and lots of 

pockets both inside and out. The blues

are way different in these pics. The

bottom pic is more the true color. 

I am so excited about Owen arriving. He 

should be here toward the end of June. 

We plan on being there a few days 

before his due date, but just between you 

and me, I am not sure she is going to 

make it to her due date. The last pic I saw 

of her, hmmmm. She just looks ready 

to go.Could be just wishful thinkin' on 

my part. I can't wait to meet the little guy, 

and watch him and his big brother Landon 

together. Landon is 5 1/2 now and he is

pretty excited about the baby.

I have things to make so I gotta get....

and what am I making, why a special

badge for Landon to wear at the hospital

that says "Owen's big Brother".!!!!!

Love to you all....the grammie