Nana Sews Best

My First Layette Set for Baby Girl!!

My daughter is having a girl! I am so beyond excited about this. My last 2 babies were boys and I am ready to sew for a baby girl. She is due the 1st of December. All of my babies were Spring and Summer babies, so I haven't sewn for a winter baby yet. 

I have been hoarding so many floral knits. It was hard to choose one to start with. I settled on a beautiful cotton lycra and some coordinates. Now what to sew??

I decided on a pattern that I had not tried from ottobre 1/2012, The Little Houses pants. Let's just say my daughter is not a fan. Maybe because I put some green on the bum and she doesn't like green. I added a simple lap tee from ottobre 1/2003. 

Next up, some simpler baby pants. I hadn't tried max and meena's footie pattern, so I went with that one. Very cute and easy, but the newborn size looks pretty tiny. Hopefully the baby can wear them a couple of times before she outgrows them. I think next time, I will go with the 0/3 m sizing.

I added some vinyl lettering on a baby onesie that I had that was premade. And then decided to make my own. Needed one with a Nana graphic to match. Used ottbore again from 5/2006 for the long sleeved onesie. All of the graphics were made using my new cricut. I love it! Not sure how I went so long without one. 

Found a cute beanie that was super simple. Just 2 fabrics and sews up quick and easy! You could make it reversible too. I used the beanie in ottobre 4/2004 and omitted tracing the ears. Seriously this one takes 5 minutes from cutting out to end. Love easy patterns!

A picture of everything together! 

The blanket was super easy, no pattern needed. I cut out a rectangle about 26" long be 32" wide, one from the floral print and then the solid knit. I pinned it together all around, wrong sides together and serged them together.

Next, I cut binding for the edges. I ended up with about 115", giving me some room to wrap it to the back at the end. I cut the binding 2" wide, and just folded and pressed it before putting it on my cover stitch machine to bind. I like double fold binding so no raw edges are left to show. 

Pin and go slow, stretching the binding slightly while sewing. You could use a double needle on a sewing machine if you don't have a coverstitch machine. When it comes to the end I just overlap a bit and pull the binding to the back. Cut off the excess. Easy peasy! This shows you how nice a coverstitch machine stitching turns out.

All done! A blanket that takes less than 30 minutes. And now she will match! 

I feel the need to make some baby layette gowns next. Stay tuned!