While Mom was busy fighting the good fight, Munchkin #2 was busy seeing what she could get into.
And after they were both tucked in bed, I got busy making a baby gift for our new niece, Isidora, born 12/31/10. Congrats to Bryon's brother and family! I had seen this great tutorial and couldn't wait to get started on it once I found out the name Here's the sample I was going for:
Unfortunately, Little Isidora made her appearance two weeks early, so I got started on it a little late. Such is life...
You can read the tutorial for yourself, but here are the changes I made:
1. Letters printed in Cooper Black font size 500, printed in outline.
2. I traced the letters onto wax paper using a sharpie and then traced a second set about 1/4" inside the printout to use as a pattern for the batting to stuff the letters. I used two thicknesses of batting.
3. Forget hand sewing! I used my machine to stitch them together. If I was a more experienced sewer, I could tell you the name of the stitch I used. At this point, it is known as "#14".
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| Felt + batting + batting + felt waiting for #14 |
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| The perfectionist in me sees some flaws.... |
I would love to hear your thoughts on my little gift!
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| The finished product |
3 comments:
I love it!! I may have to try this when we redo Sierra's room to her "big girl" room.
This is really cute! I'm sure it is a well loved gift! Especially since they probably won't find anything ready-made that has the baby's name on it.
A family friend made Loren letters for her wall when she was born and she still has them! Cute idea.
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