My friend Ciara is having a little girl and her shower is on Saturday. I've been dying to try my hand at some actual baby "clothes" so this was the perfect opportunity. I admit I am no Martha Stewart and my sewing is not perfect, but the website Make it and love it has been very helpful. She puts things simply and you don't have to be an expert to do what she does. Lots of tutorials on everything.
I've made a little dress and some flowers so far. Next I'm gonna make a bib. These tutorials proved useful:
I kind of made my own version of these things so they're how I like them. Here they are voila!
Here is the dress I made from a onsie (no I did not make the shoes, they are just so perfect though!)
I basically made a little skirt to sew onto the onsie. I put a couple of pleats in the front for fun and sewed on some extra ribbon we used in my wedding.
Ahh these shoes kill me! I found them at Target, last ones on the shelf. They're sized for newborns and yes I know newborns can't walk, but so what? They can look stylish too for all the thousands of photos first time parents will take of them.
I also made a bunch of little felt button bows. Simple really. I am not a tutorial master but this is what I did:
Need: hot glue/gun
felt
scissors
buttons
scrap fabric
First I measured and cut out 5 circles the same size: 4 for the petals, 1 for the based. I used my husband's acid reflex bottle to trace.
Once I had them all cut, I cut 2 slits in one for the base. The hair clip will slide through there later.
I picked some of my scrap fabric to cover a button with. Can you tell I love green and yellow?
Then I put some hot glue on the top of the button to attach a little square of fabric. Then on the back I gradually added hot glue and spun it around to make the fabric lay flat on the front of the button.
Then one by one I folded each of the 4 circle petals in half, then again so it was in 4ths.
I put a dab of hot glue between the folded 4ths and held it til it dried. Then it looks like a fortune cookie. Once each of the 4 circles looked like fortune cookies, I glued them down to the base so it looked like a fluffy pie. 
I slid the hair clip through the back slit, cut earlier, and put hot glue under the ends to keep it in place.
Then I glued the button down in the middle of the petals. When you press it down it make the petals stick up on the edges.
So I made several of these. I found you can easily clip these onto clothes too. Ahh making baby stuff is so much fun.
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