Knit Geranium Dress

While I've always loved sewing for my boy, I am loving this new world of sewing for a girl. I'm loving sewing her up dresses, and the Geranium dress  by Made by Rae being my favorite at the moment. 

I wanted to make Ellie a simple, comfy knit dress for summer and I had some green ponte de roma left over from a pencil skirt I made myself and this dress was born. It has been one of my favorite things to dress Ellie in this summer.

I left out the bodice lining since I was making it with knit fabric and used invisible bias for the neckline and a small band for the armholes.

I have a hard time believing she is already old enough to be almost sitting!  I almost forgot about it until a few weeks ago when I realized that she was sitting up pretty good on her own...I guess we should have been practicing!  I just know that any day she will take off crawling, which I am not ready for.  Please just stay little a bit longer, okay baby girl?

Tank Top Onesie and Baby Shorts

I wanted to start keeping track of my sewing progress and projects I've made so it's high time I finally start getting around to recording an outfit I've made.  I think I've sewn as much for Ellie in her short life so far as I've sewn for Isaac since I discovered sewing clothes and started sewing for him (around a year I think?).

I think this is one of my favorite outfits I've sewn so far.  Possibly because I finally got smart and made matching shirt/shorts.  It is so nice not to have to hunt for another item of clothing to match one I've sewn.

First up is a cute baby onsie I made by combining Shwin Designs' Anytime At All Tee and the baby tank from MADE by Dana.  I love the tank top look and I think it was quicker sew since I only had to do bindings vs the normal collar and sleeves. The neck opening ended up being a little big, but I think she will grow into it nicely since I made the 6-9 month size and she is almost 5 months.  Next time I plan to extend the leg openings as they can be a bit of a tight squeeze with baby girls chubby thighs + cloth diapers. I may also add a small pleat in the back to compensate for the larger neck opening.

Up next are some baby shorts I made following this tutorial.  I ended up making the leg cuffs a bit smaller and adding a waistband.  I skipped the buttonholes since I didn't have any drawstring on had, but next time I think I would add it.

The headband is one I made for Ellie when she was a newborn and is definitely too small on her now, but I couldn't resist using it for pictures.  Hopefully I'll get around to making one in a bigger size soon.  I really just adore these simple bow headbands.