Tutorial links

I have been doing lots of searching for cute and easy tutorials & patterns for sewing kids' clothes and other things. I thought I would share them here with you guys!


Skirts:

Cup Day Skirt Tutorial from Thornberry

Drop Waist Twirl Skirts from Going Sew Crazy

Lazy Days Skirt from Oliver and S

Patchwork Circle Skirt from IndieTutes

Ruffled Skirts Tutorial from Grand Revival Design

The Chesney Skirt Tutorial (double ruffle) by Piece N Quilt


Shoes:

Kimono Baby Shoes (0-6months) from Homespun Threads

Cloth Baby Shoes from Stardust Baby Shoes

Elf Slippers from Maya Made

Soft Baby Shoes from Family Centered Life



Dresses:


Itty Bitty Baby Dress (newborn, 0-3months, 2-3T) from MadeByRae

Simple Bandana Dress from Joy's Hope

Sunny Day Dress - and top - from House on Hill Road (shirring)

Sunshine Dress tutorial from A Lemon Squeezy Home

"In the Garden" Shirred Twirly Dress from From An Igloo

One Hour Sundress from From An Igloo



Tops:

Peasant Blouse from IndieTutes

Smocket Top from MayFly

Toddler Halter Top (size 24mos/2T) from The Green Wife

Kimono Top from Habitual

Snappy Toddler Top from Prudent Baby

Ruffle Sleeve Top from Sparkle Power

Tutorial for "Sundress" Top (layers/ruffles/shirring) from 7 Layer Studio


Bottoms:

Heirloom Bloomers from U Create

Reversible Baby Britches from I Make Stuff



One pieces:

Baby Sunsuit Tutorial from Made by Rae



Hats:

Reversible Baby Bonnet from Prudent Baby

Laney's Emergency Summer Hat from The L-T Experience


If you notice any errors, like dead links, please let me know at smrfchic @ gmail . com

And if you make something from one of these tutorials, please leave me a link so I can see what you made! I am only posting links to pieces that I personally like and would make. ;)

My 2nd Itty Bitty Baby Dress

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I made this dress for my friend Dani, who is due with a little girl at the beginning of September. It's a hot pink and black zebra pattern, with a black lined bodice, black rick rack trim on the bodice, and a black band around the bottom.

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My first Itty Bitty Baby Dress

I bought this cute pillowcase a while back, but it had just been languishing away in my fabric bin. I decided to try out the FREE Made by Rae pattern for an Itty Bitty Baby Dress. Because I used a pillowcase, I was able to use the existing hem for the skirt. I decided to skip the piping because it scared me a little bit, having never used it before.


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I made the flower using this tutorial from SewRitzyTitzy. I just did 5 petals, and then sewed it on to the dress along with two buttons stacked on top of each other.

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I did do a lot of errand running today, but I'm not going to focus on that right now. I am not going to tell you that I went to DD's Discounts, Joann's, WalMart, Walgreens, and the dry cleaners. I am going to tell you that I found some adorable fabric in the clearance section at Joann's, and made this sweet little skirt for Cecilia. Perfect for Valentine's Day!






That is $1.75 worth of fabric, a bit of thread, and about 50c worth of no-fold elastic!

Oh, and here's one of the sandwiches that I made for the girls this morning. I "painted" one slice of bread with food coloring and milk, and toasted it. Then I used a small heart-shaped canape plunger to press out hearts, flipped the sandwich over, and inserted the heart into the plain toasted side. I also included a sweet little printed vintage valentine in each of their lunches (and one in hubby's lunch too!).



Sorry about the dark inside pictures... it's raining like crazy!!

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Here are the pictures of Niko's finished quilt! Pardon the wrinkles... he slept with it last night and I wasn't about to iron it again just for a couple of pictures!It's 41"x35".

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I'm almost done with this quilt that I started over four years ago! I had only made the quilt top, and had gotten frustrated with the squares not lining up perfectly. It sat folded on the bookcase or in my closet for years. Since one of my resolutions for this year is to finish my unfinished projects, I grabbed some bandana print fabric and some flannel from Walmart. Today I sewed on the strips of bandana fabric, and sewed the 3 layers together... the quilt top, some white flannel for the inner layer, and the cute cowboy flannel for the back. Now I just need to top-stitch it and then tie it together with some pretty embroidery floss. I don't think it's too shabby for my very first quilt!
I chose the plaid pieces because they reminded me of the shirts that my Dad always wore. The sole denim square is from a pair of his jeans. The white flannel blanket that I used for the batting was one of my blankies as a baby. There's a lot of special meaning to it for me. :)

Just updating my goals list!

1. Sew something with a zipper. (Pillow tutorial.)
2. Conquer buttonholes.
3. Figure out how to purl, and knit something.
4. Crochet a poncho for Abbi. (And matching hat.)
5. Crochet a pair of socks.
6. Athenian Scarf crochet-a-long. (Broomstick lace)
7. Crochet a preemie hat each month to donate. ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 )
8. Crochet a cabled hat.
9. Use WiiFit at least 5x each week for 30 minutes.
10. Log in to Wellness360 regularly and keep track of food and exercise.
11. Use the vintage apron pattern that I bought last year from eBay and make myself a kitschy adorable apron (see #2, conquer buttonholes).
12. Finish the little cowboy quilt that I started 4 years ago.

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Reversible skirts for their dolls, made with a free pattern from YouCanMakeThis.com.