There really isn’t anything cuter than a baby rocking a vintage style. For all my friends who are having children, I have gotten into the habit of giving them handmade clothing for their showers. Here are a couple I have completed.
Made from quilters cotton at about $25AUD/m this dress and panties took almost the whole meter but I think has a really pretty vintage look. I love nappy covers. Generally I could use less fabric on a pattern like this but the striping ment that I had to lay peices in a certain direction. The ribbon used was left over from a previous project.
This little beach set turned out amazingly. I love the bright cheerfulness of it. The fabric is just a Spotlight cotton spot and the buttons are also spotlight. I lined the whole thing in cotton lawn to seal and finish off all the edges. The hat is a basic tulip hat trimmed with the same button and a small piece of cross grain ribbon that I already had in my stash.
This tuinc and pants set I think worked out really well. The splash of blue is just enough to break up the starkness of the black and white prominent in the bunny print. From memory the bunny fabric was also about $25/m and the blue cotton $10/m but the 3mth size took hardly any of that fabric to make. The top is fully lined in a cotton lawn and I use flat buttons on the back to avoid having anything stick in uncomfortably on a baby who can’t move much.
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This dress was made by me earlier this year, when temperatures were below freezing! The outside of the dress is a cozy, lofty, nubby wool blend bouclé, and the inside is fully lined in a soft 100% cotton (in a sweet pink color) for softness against my skin. With this fabric combo, my dress is as warm as being wrapped in a blanket but it looks so stylish for being such a simple design.
