New BabyStitches (and Sewing, Too!)

Announcement Time!  

There is a new BabyStitches!  Yes, BabyStitches is now a big sister.  I'm so 

excited--we all are--to welcome this new little one into our lives.  And Misses/NanaStitches has been doing some sewing for the little one.

A new baby does present a bit of a naming problem.  Do I need to change all of my GranddaughterStitches' names?  When my first BabyStitches didn't want to be called a baby anymore (totally understand that) I renamed her GranddaughterStitches.  That was easy.  Then I had a new BabyStitches and all was well.  But now I'm going to have another BabyStitches, so I need a new name for the former BabyStitches (who will soon turn four).  So I'm trying to think of a new name to use.  BigSisterStitches?  (maybe)  LittleGranddaughterStitches?  (kind of long)  Maybe I should change the older GranddaugterStitches's name to something like BigGranddaugherStitches?  (I don't know)  My little brain is trying to work on this problem.  If anyone can suggest anything to me, I'd really appreciate it.

When BabyStitches was born, I made her a little mermaid sleeper and her parents really liked it.  It is from a pattern that I found at SeeKateSew.  It's a very good pattern, and has different sizes included, so I made one sleeper in a newborn size, and one in size 3-6 months.  KittyStitches is checking out the ties at the bottom!

Here is a closer photo.  I know, it's not a very baby-like print, but it is the only jersey knit fabric that I have in the house!

And then I found this blue jersey knit fabric, which--again--is not very baby-like.  The photo below shows the ties at the bottom when they are not tied together, before they become a mermaid tail!

And all tied up into a mermaid tail!

Same website, SeeKateSew.com, also had a cute simple little knotted hat pattern, so I made a few of them for BabyStitches, too.

On Pinterest I found a cute pattern for a bandana bib.  I'm really, really sorry that I can't find the source to link to for this.  I usually pin things to my boards right away, but I didn't this time.  And the author didn't put his/her name/website on the pattern pieces which I printed out.  (So sorry not to give credit where credit is due.)  The front piece is cut just a little bigger than the back piece to form this sort of cowl on the front--just like a bandana would have.  Then I used embroidery designs from a previous post here) to appliqué a letter onto the bib.  I was told by SonStitches and Daughter-in-lawStitches that BabyStitch's name might begin with an A.  

In the back I sewed a little yo-yo to cover the snap.

  I found some flannel in my stash, so I paired it with a cute little cat print, and made it into an "unquilted quilt"/receiving blanket.  Simple pillow-case sewing, then sewing a decorative stitch around the outside edges.

Here's a close-up of the decorative stitch.  I think it's quite pretty.  You know, we have a gazillion different decorative stitches on our machines, and hardly ever use them.  So I was happy to find a place for a decorative stitch.

Some more flannel from my stash got turned into another receiving blanket.   I just hemmed the edges of this for a one-layer receiving blanket.

I especially like the words on this fabric!!

I am working on another baby project (more on that later) so I used some of the leftover fabrics from that to make a couple burp cloths.  I used the same decorative stitch around the outside of these.