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So much for getting my next project up in a timely matter. I finished this one right on time, but it only took me about a week and a half to post it. Grrr.
Anyway, some more friends are expecting a baby, this time it’s a little girl! So more baby stuff. And because I couldn’t resist, it’s all pink!
First up is the baby dress. It’s a pillow case style dress. I already knew how to make it because I’ve made similar tops (including this doll version with a tutorial), but I found this tutorial for baby dresses extremely useful. It gives you measurements to use based on the age of the baby or toddler. Useful when you don’t have a kid to measure.
It’s trimmed with eyelet lace at the bottom, and I used some cute pink grosgrain ribbon for the ties. All I had to do was hang it on a cute pink hanger and it was ready to go.
Speaking of hangers, I bought a pack of pink children’s hangers for a dollar. I thought that since this was a baby girl who will definitely receive lots of cute dresses from friends and family, the parents will need hangers. They will need to store it all somehow.
And why not make them cute too? Simply adding a nice ribbon bow to the top does the job.
And now we have a full set of cute girly hangers ready for use. I think I might need to do this to my own hangers too.
To go along with the dress, and possibly all the other ones in her wardrobe, I made these cute baby head bands. The one on the left has a eyelet lace rossette (tutorial!) accented with a pink bow made from the same ribbon as my baby dress and hangers.
The one on the right has a ribbon rose made with some ribbon left over from my Easter dress.
The unique part is what they are attached to, a loop cut from tights. I got the idea from this tutorial for baby headbands. It’s stretches enough to fit baby or even mommy’s head, but its soft and gentle.
The final piece is this stuff bunny, because toys are mandatory. I call it the potato bunny because the shape of the body without legs reminds me of a potato. Strange? Yes. Cute? Definitely.
The face is just a wee little nose made of felt and two faux pearls for eyes. Don’t worry, I took extra measures to make them secure and baby safe. It would take a strong force to pry these eyes off.
To finish it off, I tied on a ribbon bow. Yep, it’s the same ribbon from the other pieces. All the baby presents are finished. And all that’s left is to wait for the baby to be born.
Here’s the updated list:
Three down, two more to go. And they both will be almost as cute as the baby stuff. Look forward to it!
Give it a try:
