Perfect Timing: Welcome Baby M!

Just in time to help us Celebrate the BOY, last week my cousin Sarah gave birth to one of the most precious little boys I have ever seen. Baby Micah needed a gift, so inspired by Dana's 90 minute shirt tutorial I whipped up a little shirt along with some baby pants and a bib. That great scooter/bike flannel is called "To the Rescue" flannel by Hoffman International, which I purchased at Pacific Fabrics in Bellevue, WA but cannot for the life of me find anywhere online though. dur...

I was under a nap crunch so instead of tracing a pattern (but do read Dana's wonderfully easy how-to on making your own patterns if you haven't tried it before), I dug up a commercial pattern for baby layette I already had that happened to include a lap tee. The main fabric came from a t-shirt I had in the harvest pile (where never-worn, old, or poorly-fitting clothes go to die in our house. Although lately that pile seems to have found New Life as it is currently winning the battle against my closet).

I had large enough sleeves on the tee that I could make the entire long-sleeve without a raw edge, so I skipped the cuff, but now looking at all of the adorb. pics of Owen I'm thinking the next one I make has to have those killer cuffs.

Of course, the "newborn size" came out large on Clementine (who is 6 mo!) but at least that way he can grow into it. I don't get it, really I don't. Why do I have to wear a size ginormous in a Simplicity or Butterick pattern, but when I try to make something itty bitty for babies it comes out large enough for a kindergartener? Anyway.