Crafts from my Couch: Week 12: Baby Clothes are Just the Sweetest!

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: crafting for babies makes me want one. REAL BAD. (Don't tell my husband.) I mean their teeny-tiny little clothes, and their ability to pull off any sort of hilarious animal hat... Sigh.

But as hard as it is for me to not get to have one of my own, I'm so glad to have so many friends expecting little ones. I'll just kiss all over their faces. And blow raspberries into their necks. And tickle their little toes. And marvel (and possibly weep) over their tiny noses. Until I can have one of my own. This might be a long couple of years...

Week 11 brings us ever so close to the birth of our neighbors' son Ege. Summer is fast approaching in Alanya, so no beanies. And Hacar (the baby's mama) is a master crocheter, so I wont bother making this little boy a blanket, because Mom is sure to have made many.

So baby clothes it is.

I made some extra as gifts for my little friend Demir. Demir's mom and grandmother made my wedding dress, so you know... we're family.

I used fabric scrap left overs, iron adhesives, and embroidery to attach and add detail.

I sketched out a few of my favourite things: a whale, a t-rex, ice cream (OK I don't love it, but it's Alan's fave), and a robot family (again, not really my thing, but I've been feeling inspired by them lately). If you're not a sketcher, just google silhouettes for whatever animals or shapes you want to use.