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July 20, 2009
Baby Shower Printables
If you are planning a baby shower, Ellen of The Long Thread has a post on Alpha+Mom for these sweet and simple baby shower printables, including invitations, cupcake toppers and a flag bunting. Thanks to her beautiful designs, you'll be able to give your shower a beautiful handmade touch!
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jul 20, 2009 05:00 PM
Babies, Patterns, Printing |
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July 14, 2009
Reversible Baby Bib Pattern
Made by Petchy has a free PDF pattern to make this reversible baby bib.
Petchy writes:
Perfect for a "let me whip something up last-minute" baby gift! The little "doll" is made from the scraps from the neck hole.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jul 14, 2009 08:00 AM
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July 12, 2009
Polka Dot Baby Quilt Tutorial
Here's a sweet gift you can make for a baby, this polka dot quilt by Jennifer Murphy. I love the quilted circle squares and how she pieces them together.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jul 12, 2009 06:00 PM
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July 9, 2009
Crafty Solution for More Private Breastfeeding
Nkitnat writes:
This reminds me of the thing they use to hold the bib at the dentist, but looks more comfortable. She whipped up a tutorial for all you traveling moms out there!When out, I used to breastfeed with a white cloth on my shoulder to hide naked skin but it often fell from there ... so to hold it tight I sewed a "two-sided" clip band that falls around my neck holding the cloth at the level of my chest.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Jul 9, 2009 09:00 AM
Babies, Crafty Travels |
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June 24, 2009
Turn a Placemat into a Bib
Babies and kids are messy eaters so you can never have too many bibs around the house if you ask me. Iuvinthemommyhood shows you how to save some moolah and turn a placemat into a bib.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 24, 2009 12:00 PM
Babies, Kids, Refashion, Sewing |
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June 19, 2009
Recycled Wedding Flower Baby Toy
Two of my sweetest friends were just married, and I know how excited they are about someday soon having a baby. So I decided to recycle some leftover flowers from their wedding into a keepsake baby toy. I saved the fragrant lavender blossoms from some of the arrangements, and dried them to use as part of the stuffing for this charming and easy gift. It takes a lovely part of their recent past, and gives it a new extra-sentimental life in the future.
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Posted by Brookelynn |
Jun 19, 2009 01:00 PM
Babies, Recycle |
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June 15, 2009
Cloth Crib Rail Guard Tutorial
Jill at Baby Rabies has a solution for those teething babies that like to chomp on their crib railings. She made this cloth crib rail guard that perfectly matches her nursery decor.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 15, 2009 10:00 AM
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June 2, 2009
Tie Bib Tutorial
I love this ridiculously cute tie bib tutorial by just tutes that comes with pattern to download for the applique.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 2, 2009 05:00 PM
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June 1, 2009
Fabric Scraps Hanging Bird Mobile
I love this sweet looking fabric scraps hanging bird mobile by Lisa Tilse of The Red Thread which is featured on the Smaller blog. I know this is really meant as mobile for a baby room but I'm secretly wanting to make this to hang in my office for some crafty birdy love.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 1, 2009 11:00 AM
Babies, Home Decor, Recycle |
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May 16, 2009
How-To: Dragonfly Mobile
Make this spring dragonflies mobile for a baby nursery using wooden clothes pins in this tutorial by Smaller. [ via AT ohdeedoh ]
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
May 16, 2009 08:00 AM
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May 15, 2009
CRAFT Pattern Podcast: Snuggler by Lotta Jansdotter
Sew up this cute Snuggler swaddle pattern from Lotta Jansdotter. This pattern is featured in her new book Simple Sewing for Baby: 24 Easy Projects for Newborns to Toddlers (published by Chronicle Books). You can check out my review of the book here. Swaddling is known to make babies feel safe like they are in the womb and helps them sleep better at night. You can sew this cute Snuggler pattern up this weekend!
Note: The PDF includes a tiled version as well as a full page pattern.
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Book Launch Party Event
If you are in the SF/Bay Area, join Lotta Jansdotter at her book party at the Museum of Craft & Folk Art (51 Yerba Buena Lane in San Francisco) this Saturday, May 16th from 1pm-4pm.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
May 15, 2009 12:00 PM
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May 2, 2009
How-To: Make a Concert Tee Into a Baby Gown
I'm only slightly embarassed to admit that I have a brown paper bag tucked away on a high shelf in my closet that has written on it in huge Sharpie-drawn letters (and I'm not kidding here), "T-shirts of sentimental value! DO NOT throw away!" My mom made so much fun of this bag of t-shirts and wondered how any t-shirt could hold enough sentimental value for me to declare they not ever be touched. Inside the bag are t-shirts from my time at Space Camp back in 7th grade, from my high school newspaper days and a handful from concerts I attended in college (Smashing Pumpkins, anyone?) I so wish I'd had this cute pattern for turning a concert tee into a baby gown, from This Mama Makes Stuff, when my kids were infants. I may have finally been able to bring that bag down and put all those "important" t-shirts to good use!
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Posted by Rachel Hobson |
May 2, 2009 03:00 PM
Babies, Refashion, Sewing |
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April 24, 2009
Willow Branch Art Wall
Anna Wulick of forty-two roads creates a baby art wall for her DIY baby nook by using willow branches as picture rods.
Anna writes:
I like how the artwork is an inch or so out from the wall and thus functions as a kind of mobile. I used two willow branches and some recycled ribbons to hang up artwork that is mostly from Etsy. The collage all the way on the left is made by me, however. Yay! This little corner makes me happy.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Apr 24, 2009 10:00 AM
Babies, Crafting with Nature, Home Decor |
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April 10, 2009
Wood-Grain Baby Gifts
Wood-Grain Baby Gifts
By Susan Beal
Making a coordinating set of graphic-appliquéd gifts is a fun way to welcome a new baby. My go-to handmade presents are the ones we couldn't live without when my daughter was small: a generously sized swaddling blanket, a handy burp cloth, and a mix-and-match shirt and pants set. I fell in love with this wood-grain fabric and bamboo-blend leaf print and designed these little embellishments around the fantastic patterns — thinking that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
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Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Apr 10, 2009 01:00 PM
Babies, Crafting with Nature, Hand Embroidery, Sewing |
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April 6, 2009
Clochette Baby Hat Pattern
CRAFT reader Lisa writes:
SockPixie has created the cutest baby hat called Clochette. Her inspiration was the little buds of the Lilly of the Valley. What a great project for spring babies!Download the free knitting pattern for Clochette at Sockpixie.
Thanks Lisa!
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Apr 6, 2009 11:00 AM
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March 31, 2009
Kimono Baby Shoes
Aimee of Home Spun Threads has a PDF pattern to make these cute baby kimono shoes for sizes 0 - 6 months. [ via Whip Up ]
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Mar 31, 2009 10:00 AM
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March 27, 2009
Crocheted Baby Bottle Cozy
I must admit that my thoughts are turning more and more to babies as I prepare to have one myself pretty soon, and this crocheted baby bottle cozy seems like a great solution to the glass bottle conundrum. While there are more and more baby bottles without BPA, glass always seemed like the safest bet to me, although keeping it the right temperature and protecting it from breaking sounded like a bit of a hassle. Not anymore! This might even be enough to get me to learn how to crochet. Via Design*Sponge.
Posted by Arwen O'Reilly Griffith |
Mar 27, 2009 01:00 PM
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March 20, 2009
DIY Baby Book
Sara of Party Perfect is a former art director for Martha Stewart's Babies and Kids magazines. In this weekend project, Sara made a baby book for her son Gram by taking photos of objects and spelling out the words with wooden letters. She then took all the photos into iPhoto and had her own book made!
Sara writes:
Last week we bought my son a 'first words' book. It had some common words like 'car' and 'ball'- but the car didn't look like ours and the neon orange soccer ball didn't look like any we owned. So I thought it might be nice to create a first words book exclusively for him, using objects that were more familiar to him and focusing on words that he was either already trying to grasp (ball, momma) or words that would be helpful to me (milk, water).
You can even take this great concept further and make simple flash cards for your baby by printing it on cardstock from your printer at home. [ via AT ohdeedoh ]
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Mar 20, 2009 11:00 AM
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March 11, 2009
How-To: Turn a regular bra into a nursing bra
For those of you expecting babies (or who know someone who is), check out this great how-to on converting your regular bra into a nursing bra. I know a lot of women change bra size when they're breastfeeding, but if you happen to have the perfect, comfortable bra already, then this could be a lifesaver! (Thanks, Jason!)
Posted by Arwen O'Reilly Griffith |
Mar 11, 2009 05:30 PM
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March 9, 2009
Shamrock Baby Booties
Vickie Howell has a pattern to knit these tiny and adorable shamrock baby booties for the 'lil leprechaun in your life.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Mar 9, 2009 06:00 PM
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