and yet more crafting-for-baby

it seems to be all i want to do these days–make stuff for the happy baby!  maybe if you’re lucky my next post will be about food or flowers or something.  :)

this installment of crafting-for-baby includes binky leashes made with purchased clips i found at a local scandinavian imports store and japanese linen tapes i purchased from an etsy seller (except for that top one–that was a gift from the lovely and generous rebekah who sent it to me ages ago and i finally found the perfect use for it!).

these were super fast and easy–just three itty-bitty seams and hammer on two snap halves and you’re done!  the hardest part was narrowing my choices of ribbons.  drool.  i was extra fond of the phrase “hello, my friend” combined with lego-like images.

i also discovered the “90-minute shirt” this past week and had to drop all other projects to try one out (well, actually, i made two, but i only have a photo of one–the other one is almost identical except the fabric is grey instead of butter-yellow and it’s slightly larger (although they are both still a rather tight fit on my boy.  still tweaking the pattern….)

and because that’s such a bad photo (sorry, only have access to the iphone camera at the moment), i am, of course, forced to show you a picture of the shirt that i took earlier, while it was being modeled by the 3-month-birthday boy:

here we have the boy doing a pensive gq pose, showing off the detail on the collar.

and here you can see a wider shot and notice that the shirt barely covers his belly button and might be the reason he’s scrunching up his shoulders?  blowing bubbles is another one of his baby modeling tricks.  at least, i think those are bubbles.  maybe you shouldn’t look too closely.

i love this tutorial.  it is so very easy to make a shirt that looks like a million bucks (or at least like 50 bucks on your first try) in a short period of time.  it recycles clothing and is another way to get some clothes that aren’t emblazoned with cutesy-poo into your child’s wardrobe.  or, if you’re into the cutesy-poo, you could freezer paper stencil your own flavor of cuteness onto these tees.  so many possibilities!  one thing i learned from this project that wasn’t really mentioned in the tutorial is that the fabric they use for men’s shirts is generally less stretchy than the fabric used in baby onesies.  when choosing a onesie for the pattern, pick one that fits quite generously.  now i must go make more before the baby wakes up.  i am completely addicted.