my new little niece
Finally! Â I get to be an auntie…and how perfect that I get to be an auntie to a little girl. Â Here she is, just one day old. Â All sweet and pink and perfect. Â I just couldn’t help myself but to make something in her honor. Â So, just hours after her arrival, I set to it…something practical and impractical, because isn’t that just so perfect? Â All girls have a few impractical things in their wardrobes, don’t they?
Valentine's Day onesie and skirt set
The Valentine’s Day onesie is the practical part of the outfit, obviously. Â My friend, Jean, a fabulous artist/crafter/mama invited me and my kids over to her house for a fabric-art, doily print making party in preparation for Valentine’s day. Â I knew baby E was on her way, so I printed one on a teeny tiny onsie just for her. Â I couldn’t resist making something to go with the cute little onesie…hence, the newborn-sized skirt. Â Think I’m crazy about having a girl to sew for???
Tweet Tweet Skirt
I used Valori Wells Designs Tweet Tweet Skirt pattern to make this. Â Amy, shop owner of Kitsch, my favorite local fabric shop, helped me out with some tutoring and the awesome fabric. Â It was so easy and fun to make that I have plans (and material) to make more for other special little girls in my life. Â Unfortunately, this one will probably be worn more by Baby E’s dolls than by her. Â My brother-in-law told me they tried to put it on her, but that it sat just where her umbilical cord nub is attached. Â Bummer. Â Maybe it will still fit her this summer?
congrats aunt marin. who’s the lucky dad?
So cute, Marin! And I can’t believe you were at The Artful Parent’s doily print making party. Um, can you say celebrity??!? 🙂 Keep up all your craftin’/sewin’, Mama. It’s awesome!