Sewing project: baby pants, headbands and bibdannas

    I have been super obsessed with pinning sewing projects on Pinterest ever since my hubby bought me a sewing machine. But other than mending a few things, and some small practice projects, I hadn't really got around to making any of the things I've been pinning. Well I'm proud to say that is no longer true and I'm so excited and proud of what I've done, I'd like to share them with you today.

   Baby leggings was always what I had the intention of making when I added sewing machine to my wish list, and I found this super easy, super cute tutorial on how to make them on Pinterest and let me tell you, as a rookie, I was stoked to find out just how simple it was to follow and create some awesome leggings. and once I started, I couldn't stop. I also found a tutorial on making baby head wraps, which I decided would be adorable as a matching set with the leggings I made. Then I was thinking to myself, what about the baby boys? They too deserve some adorable looks. So back to Pinterest I headed and found a free patter for a bandanna bib. These are very popular right now. I've seen them on many of the Instagram shops I follow so I can't tell you how excited I was to find a FREE pattern! And of course it was super simple to make, and I'm a beginner so you can trust my word on that. Here are the pictures of what I've made so far. Along with links to where I found my PINspiration.

That double needle hem. SO clean

     This was the first set I made. This is the tutorial I followed. Everything Golden I love everything about this blog and shop, definitely worth checking out for any craft/art/design lover. I did read many different blogs and tutorials on diy leggings of course, and somewhere along the line I remembered one of them raving about a double needle. Incidentally, my sewing machine came with one and I was ecstatic. I made the hem on these, then I broke my double needle :( It was a rookie mistake and totally my own fault (don't attempt too wide of a stitch with a double needle fyi). Any way I was sad about that but it didn't stop me from continuing on without it. I do plan on buying another one though. 

     I made the matching head wrap following this tutorial. These came out so so cute I'm so happy I found this tutorial. making the pants and head wrap as a set really complete the vision I had for my handmade homemade future self. Here is the other set I made (without the double needle it still came out adorbz)

A close up of the head wrap

Here's a little cutie being a model for me 

     And for the boys I made the pants following the previous tutorial and the bandanna bib, which I am now calling the Bibdanna ( I don't know if that term has been previously coined or not, I may have heard it and then later thought it came from my brain place) following this tutorial. Here's what it looks like completed:

Pants and bibdanna for a baby boy

     All of the fabrics I used were stretch knit, except the front of the Bibdanna which is flannel. I really enjoyed making these and plan on making so much more. I hope people I know start having more babies soon, or I could just have one myself (hoping). I have major baby fever right now so that might just happen (yay!) and I can have a baby fix, and have a baby to make these for :) Thanks for reading. I suggest clicking the links to see the full tutorials and I hope to inspire some more creativity in you.