Baby Boy Baby Gift

For a friend’s brand new (not so new) little monkey, baby booties and a stenciled onesie! It just took me 3 months to gift it to the recipient. Poor kid was born in January. His momma assures me it will still fit…we’ll see.

I just love freezer paper stencils! Cut stencil, iron, paint, wait for it to dry(impatiently), peel, and ta da!

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More instructions and links for Freezing Paper Stenciling how to at

this earlier post.

 

And my new favorite crafting tool:

Instead of using an exacto knife (which scare me) I picked up this nifty cutter, its got a ceramic micro tip. Its sharp enough but without a big bulky blade. And its got a snap on lid just like a pen. I love it! Now I have to/get to make more stencils!

Appliqué Onesie

This little onesie went with the baby booties I posted below, for my niece Caelen.
I have a lot to learn about appliqué, it was harder than I expected. It seems so easy, but it was tricky for me to get everything to lay right, and to get the stitching nice and even.

Again, a project that I want to try again.

Some sites that have great tips and instructions:

http://rubyinthedustdolls.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-to-make-t-shirt-applique.html

http://barbarabrandeburg.typepad.com/photos/easy_applique_tutorial/basketblocks_1.html 

Baby Booties

I made these sweet baby booties for my niece Caelen when she was born. I used this easy tutorial, a pdf with instructions and pattern. They did turn out a little big for a newborn, but the pattern did seem to be easily resizable.