Onesie Dress

Here's a cute cheap project for your baby girl that cost under $5 if you already have a onesie. Barefoot In The Kitchen has the tutorial and here is a picture of the one I made:

~Star

Baby Legs Part 2

The baby legs I blogged about here were made from a scarf I found at the dollar store. These baby legs are made from women's knee high socks that I found at Walmart for $3. For these ones you make a cuff at the bottom which I love. If I did the dollar store ones over I would add a cuff to them too.

The first time I did these I made a short cuff as you can see in the picture at the top. After deciding the leg part wasn't long enough I made a long cuff as pictured here:

See the difference? I'm not sure which I like best but I think they're both cute!

Here's the tutorial by Nannygoat. It's very helpful and full of pictures. The only thing I will add is to make sure (when you get to this step) that you put both your cuffs into the legs the same way before sewing. I realized this just in time to do it right but I could have easily spaced it. She doesn't mention it in her tutorial probably because her cuffs were the same no matter which way she put them but mine had different colored stripes and I almost ended up with one grey and one pink cuff and I'm a freak so that would have bugged me.

~Star

Tutorial: How To Make An INTERCHANGEABLE Binkie Leash/Clip

After making my first Binkie Leash here I found I needed a bunch more colors but instead of buying a bunch more clips I decided to make the leashes interchangable.
You need:
Snap Fasteners or Velcro
Lighter
Ribbon
Fashion Fit Clip or Suspender Clip (see this post)
Hammer
Hot Glue Gun

Cut about 11" of ribbon

Put a flame to the edges for a second so they don't fray
If you want to hem the edges do it now. I didn't on these but they're kind of rough so I probably should have. If you don't want to sew, just use a hot glue gun and fold the edge over a tiny bit like a hem.

Read the instructions on the snap fasteners or see this post for velcro instructions if you'd rather do it that way. Attach snaps at the edge of each side of the ribbon and also at about 2" from each edge Here's what the back looks like Speaking of the back, I didn't realize until after I bought and opened my ribbon that usually only one side has a pattern so I was pretty bummed. I had a cute pink camo and a zebra stripe but the backs of each were plain white so I didn't use them. I'm pretty sure everyone else in the world already knew that's how ribbon came except me. But just in case I thought I'd warn you!

~Star

Edited to add: For a fabric version, go here.

Tutorial: How To Make A Moby Style Wrap

***Please always use extra caution when wearing baby (especially newborns and sleeping babies) to make sure their mouth and nose are not covered and they can breath well.

Edited to add: Check out my updated version here!

I'd never heard of Moby Wraps before but then again I don't get out much. Apparently they're pretty popular. This is what my imitation looks like:

You need:

Rotary Mat & Cutter or Scissors

5&1/2 yards of cotton/poly or cotton/jersey fabric (t-shirt material)
*This amount is for an average size woman

All you have to do is cut the fabric in half the long way so that you have TWO pieces of fabric that are 5&1/2 yards long.

The end.

That's really how simple it is! There's even that crease down the middle already from being folded on the bolt. Just follow that crease all the way across as you cut. You end up with two wraps so give one to a friend or keep them both. It's the easiest thing to make. You almost can't even say you *made* it.

If you really want to save money you could buy half the fabric, cut it and sew it together in the middle so that you only end up with one wrap but then you have to sew! Plus the middle is right where your baby sits so if you do this you need to make sure it's super secure. You could even sew a foot of cute fabric right in the middle to spice it up but again make sure you double or even triple sew those seams so they're really stable. Another cute idea, if you have labels, is to sew your label right at the very top of the center of the fabric. It will show right in the front. This will also help you as you put your wrap on to know where the center is.

If you need instructions on how to wear the wrap just go to Moby's website at http://www.mobywrap.com/ and click on instructions.

PS I hear you can occasionally find this fabric at Walmart on clearance for $1.50/yd!!! Good luck! Mine was $6/yd (on sale) at Joann's.

~Star

Edited to add: Check out my updated version here!

Baby Legs

I like to do baby pictures every 3 months during the 1st year since they change so much in that time and I needed a new idea since I already did the tutu thing. Obsessively Stitching has a tutorial here on turning a dollar store scarf into baby legs. I don't have a serger so I did the zig zag stitch instead and they turned out great. I love 'em! Go make some of your own!

BEFORE:

AFTER:

~Star

Edited to add: Check out my other pair of baby legs here made from knee highs with a cuff at the bottom.