Daphne Greig: Brooklyn

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Monday, April 25, 2016

Show 'n' Share - MINE

I can finally share something that I made earlier this year. My granddaughter, Brooklyn, turned 1 year old on April 17th and I made her this fun dress and hat to celebrate.

Fabrics are Northcott Topsy Turvy
Here's a link to Northcott's Website.

I used the Petal Dress & Hat pattern from Sew Baby! It was very easy to sew - just 3 pattern pieces for the dress and 1 for the hat.

This multisize pattern fits 6 months - 2T so I'm sure I'll be making it again.

You can buy the pattern here.

Brooklyn enjoyed blowing out the candle on her cake with a bit of help.

Monday, June 8, 2015

Sleep Sack for Brooklyn

I spent a couple of hours in my studio last week making a Sleep Sack for my granddaughter, Brooklyn.

I started with a tutorial at Sew Mama Sew by Bonnie Ferguson from FishsticksDesigns.

Bonnie used knit fabrics but I wanted to use quilting cottons for my project so I adapted the instructions to make my sleep sack with three layers like a quilt (outside, batting, lining).

I spent a bit of 'thinking' time and 'step-by-step writing' time to figure out how I would approach the project. It has been a while since I put in a zipper and I definitely wanted to be able to sew everything by machine.

I used my draft step by step instructions to make the sleep sack and I am very pleased with the result.

For the next one I will use a longer zipper - of course Brooklyn needs more than one!