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Baby Legs

I love Baby Legwarmers. Maybe it’s because I had a pair of legwarmers my mom knitted me when I was in elementary school. Thanks to the fashion of the 80′s. But for some reason, the new version for babies and little kids are way cuter than the older version (but not your incredible knitting mom :)!

I have seen tutorials for making your own all over the web for a few months now and I just barely got around to making some. I don’t know what took me so long. They only took about 10 minutes total to make. I made this first pair without a sewing machine using Little Birdie Secrets easy tutorial which can be found here.

But just the other day, I ran across a site named Calico that has a simple tutorial to get your legwarmers to have a little ruffle on the end you sew. I am totally going to use her tutorial to add the ruffle to the other two socks waiting for their transformation. (I bought a really cute 3-pack of women’s tall socks that were perfect to turn into leggings).

So if you have a little person on your list this year, these just might be something they could use. I bought some last year (for too much) and they were perfect to protect my baby’s legs from all the rough surfaces she was crawling over. Plus, these are perfect for keeping little legs toasty warm for the cooler weather ahead!

1. Soft and Chubby Baby Legs (the skin kind)
2. Falling Leaves
3. The end of weeding! (ignore the ones you can see in the picture, I am obviously too lazy to pull those out)

November 10, 2009 · Filed under: Acessories, Baby, Gifts, Re-Purposed Items Tagged with

How to Applique Shirts…or Anything!

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I have seen applique tutorials all over the internet and decided that I too wanted to give it a try. I made my new little neice and my baby some cute appliqued shirts. But really, you can put applique on pretty much anything.

You just need a pattern/picture, something you are going to attach the applique to (ie. a shirt), fusible webbing (found most craft stores and fabric stores), an iron and a sewing machine.

Cut out your pattern in the material of our choice. Cut a peice of fusible webbing out of the same pattern. Place the material cut in your pattern directly on the webbing and then iron onto your garment. (I ironed my pattern peices directly onto the webbing and then cut out each peice and then ironed them onto the garment).

Ironing should hold the pattern in place temporarily. Then sew around all the edges of the applique. A zig-zag stitch will usually work best to hold the applique firmly in place. And there you have it. Super simple.

I enjoyed it so much I had to make more than one item.

I even made a fun birthday shirt for my baby to wear on her upcoming birthday, even though it is still not for a few months. How cute will that be in her 2nd birthday photos?

June 4, 2009 · Filed under: Baby, Crafts, Gifts, Sewing Tagged with

Baby Hair Bow Trick

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My sister, who just had a beautiful baby girl, learned a great tip for keeping the bows in her babys hair. She uses a SMALL dab of Elmer’s glue! Seriously!

The glue is water-soluble and washes right out of her hair. The bows, when needed just need to be rinsed off with a little water if they start to get gunky. No more mess with honey or KY jelly, which never did hold the hair bows on very well with my babies. I just might need to have another baby girl so I can get some use out of this great tip. But then again, maybe I will just live through my sister on this one!

May 12, 2009 · Filed under: Baby Tagged with