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SewMamaSew, that fabulous repository of useful sewing knowledge and impossibly cute fabrics, is giving away a serger! Here’s why I should be the one to win it: Dear Sew, Mama, Sew Editorial Board, 1. I have an adorable child: 2. Pretty much all of his clothes are secondhand. 3. I’d really like to make him [...]

Three rules of sewing for babies: 1. There are few commercial patterns for boy babies. (Except Burda) May I also say that there are few commercial patterns for men? (Except Burda) 2. Babies actively fight against the idea of “sewing time.” 3. By the time one finishes a sewing project for a baby, he will [...]

I finished the sewing on my two boy shirts last night. There was a hole in the fabric on the sleeve of the recycled shirt, so I covered it up with some little dog appliques. The blue shirt needs a button added below the last one from the man’s shirt, and I need to get [...]

Making a fitted sheet isn’t very difficult, if you remember to give yourself enough extra fabric to extend down to the bottom of the mattress all the way around. I cut my fabric 7″ wider and longer than the mattress measurements, and I could probably have added another inch to make it really secure. 1. [...]

What do you do when you have a non-standard-sized cradle for your quickly approaching baby? Well, if you’re me, you make a custom-sized mattress and sheets for it. If you’re me, you also photograph said process, with the intent of putting up a tutorial on your blog. If you’re me, you also forget to photograph [...]

I’ve been browsing the internet for the last few months trying to decide how to lug the baby around after he’s born. I knew that I wanted a carrier of some kind, but I wasn’t sure what kind would be best. I found ring slings, pouch slings, mei tai carriers, wraps, baby bjorns…there is a [...]

Thanks to SewingBusiness.com for linking to my maternity jeans tutorial!

I only fit into one of my pairs of pants. Okay, that’s not true. I have a pair of white maternity jeans that I’m scared to wear, and a pair of gray maternity dress pants that I wear all the time instead. But a girl’s gotta have some good old blue jeans here in Washington, [...]