Lego Bodysuit

 One more baby in our family - one more bodysuit. The pattern and process was the same as at Fox Bodysuit.

I had some more fabric left so I also made a little hat with ears. The pattern was easy - a rectangle. By the way, this fabric was not chosen randomly, both her parents have home made T-shirts from this fabric, so it should be even bigger surprise.

Half of the rectangle is turned over to the right side, so one half stays as inner layer. Then I sewed with front stitch the ears.

I tried it on my panda and it looked just fine.

As it will be for a girl, I added a few spangles to the hat. And the name label. It's her name in the form that her parents like to use.

Good luck in life, little one!

Fox Bodysuit

I had bought beautiful knitted fabrics for my fox T-Shirt. And now there is a newborn celebration in our family...

I have some russian pattern from the internet, I printed it and taped together.

I embroidered his name on a piece of the fabric. First I wanted to do it with freeform machine quilting, but it was never perfect.. So hand embroider in the end. Disappearing marker is the best!

I had ironed a fusible web before embroidery. After sewing the label on, I cut the web right at the seam.

My first experiments with ribbed fabric showed that it's too rough for a baby's garment. I'll use the base fabric.

3cm strip - folded in thirds and ironed.

I sewed it on with a coverlock. I didn't measure or pin anything - the strip is pulled at the neck and the base fabric is pulled at the other part of the curve. Pulling is done during sewing, nothing is prepared or exact. Surprisingly good results.

I basted the pieces together at the armholes - both the front and back panel and each sleeve.

I sewed one side + sleeve together with a serger and finished the bottom with the strip of fabric. Then I sewed the other side + sleeve.

I tried my new tool for setting press buttons. Again, I considered them to be too rough for baby's dress. I ended up sewing on three little press buttons in hand, total distance is 6 cm.

Ready for the baby!