A few baby gifts

Sweet baby Nash is here so a few welcome gifts were in order.  Before Wade was born one of my husbands co-workers gave us a bunch of their old baby stuff.  One of the items I inherited was a bassinet.  I had always thought it would  be fun to have a bassinet because they are so cute, but kind of a waste of money when I already had a pack and play for my baby to sleep in.  So I was so excited to have one just fall into my lap, but there was only one small problem...it was ugly!  So after a lot of trial and error I finally managed a decent looking recovery.

 Doesn't he just look so comfy in there?  I really love how it turned out!  I'm really sorry I don't have any before pictures, but it was pretty bad.  It was pastel green with this lacey ruffle all around it, just gross. 

It's definitely not perfect, but certainly looks a lot better.  Basically I deconstructed it, sewed over the pieces, and tried to put it back together as best I could.  There's a little plasticy(?) foam pad the baby sleeps on and I don't know what used to cover it because when I got it there was nothing.  So I made a comfy minkee matress cover and that's probably my favorite part.  If you want to know, the fabric is Riley Blake.

For another gift I made a plush raccoon.  I used this great tutorial.  It was a very easy project and took no time at all to put together.  I mostly used fleece so he was ultra soft and cuddly and felt for the accent pieces. Mine turned out a little smaller than the tutorial, I don't think I printed the pattern out correctly.  But it turned out to be a perfect size for a newborn!

And the final gift was actually for babys daddys birthday, even though baby will be the one to wear it.  It's a jersey (kind of) with his name on it.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, I hope his dad likes it as well. 

This is probably my biggest sewing accomplishment yet.  I have this kind of hatred for gerber onesies, I don't know why, I just don't like them.  So I tried to make my own, and I think it turned out pretty awesome!  I traced a 6 month onesie I had and sewed them together with the help of this tutorial.  I made bais tape out of jersey to give the edges a finished look and that was by far the hardest part.  The name and number are freezer paper stenciled on.  I think I may have to make this a tradition and make him a new jersey ever year so he'll always have one that fits!

Welcome Baby Nash!