Baby Projects

I have been keeping myself busy with a few sewing projects for baby #3. The biggest project was making her blessing dress. Emmy wore my blessing dress made by my mother, and Alison wore a dress made by Aaron's mom. I decided it was my turn to make a dress. It was really a fun project; I have never sewn anything this difficult before. My mom helped me understand the pattern and kept me from making any huge mistakes. The dress itself is very simple, so I chose some very pretty material to add to the beauty. I think it turned out really nice.

This is the slip that I made to go under the blessing dress. I think it is really pretty too.

I found a tutorial online for nursing covers. I wanted to make a new and improved version for this baby. It turned out nice; we'll see how it works when baby gets here.

I also found this idea online for pretty burp clothes. I had a little extra material left over from the nursing cover. I'm going to make a few more with some other material I have.

I made a new baby sling, and I hope that it fits right. Baby slings can be a little difficult to make just the right size. I have extra material just in case I need to make a new one when the baby gets here. I found a pattern online that included a pocket, so I improvised my own style of pocket. I'm really excited to try it out.

I decided to make a car seat tent. I have seen a couple of these around in the last month. We will have all three girls across the backseat of our car, so I thought the tent might help keep little hands from helping too much. I found a pattern for fabric flowers to add to the straps. They were really fun to make.

The girls had a great time playing with the car seat while I was sewing. Emmy had her little purple lamb sleeping in the seat all afternoon.

Now all I need is a baby. I washed the car seat and baby clothes this week. It's really fun and exciting to start getting things ready. I know that this last month will probably go by very quickly. The entire summer has just flown by so fast. It has cooled off a bit this last week; we are in the 80's again instead of the 90's. I feel much better; I can't believe how much of a difference a few degrees can make.