{"id":992,"date":"2009-09-01T23:39:33","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T03:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=992"},"modified":"2012-04-25T01:16:43","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T05:16:43","slug":"nursery-themed-baby-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/01\/nursery-themed-baby-gifts\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursery Themed Baby Gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When our children grow up, so do their friends. Many of those same youngsters who hung out in our kitchens, tied up our telephones (before absolutely everyone had her own personal cell phone) and shared secrets with our children, now have babies of their own. And those babies are special in a special way.<\/p>\n

Just as we personalize garments and items for our own grandchildren, we often are moved to create something\u00c2\u00a0unique for these babies.I often\u00c2\u00a0enjoy matching baby gifts to the chosen nursery theme. When young mothers register at a store on-line, baby shower guests, family and friends can check on-line to see the items on their wish lists.<\/p>\n

I like to enlarge the pictures and find machine embroidery designs that match or coordinate with the theme. With the unbelievable number of embroidery designs available, either in collections or for individual purchase, it seems incomprehensible that there aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t designs that would meet even the most uncommon theme.<\/p>\n

This little layette was made for one of my daughter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dear friends. She had chosen a safari theme for her little boy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nursery and I found that they very closely matched the Anita Goodesign Safari collection.<\/p>\n

I started with some very nice quality blanks–a onesie, bib and cap-and some fingertip towels.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Then\u00c2\u00a0I went to my Brother 4500D embroidery machine and had a big time playing with designs, fabrics and threads.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0The set was very well received and the young parents, who had received almost every item on their wish list, enjoyed having \u00c2\u00a0some one-of-a-kind “safari” items for their very special baby.<\/p>\n

The onesie, bib and cap embroidery were all done with the techniques used in the earlier post “baby work uniform.”<\/p>\n

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There was nothing tricky about the burp cloths.\u00c2\u00a0 I like fingertip towels\u00c2\u00a0 better than prefolded diapers or the standard dog bone shaped burp cloths.\u00c2\u00a0 All the babies in our family babies were chronic spitters and went through 12-18 burp clothes a day.\u00c2\u00a0 The fingertip towels worked best for quick wipe ups and easy laundering.<\/p>\n

The safari animals were embroidered on the jungle fabric and then appliqued the piece to a fingertip towel.\u00c2\u00a0 But I did convert two designs to applique.\u00c2\u00a0 The elephant is made of ultrasuede and the lion’s mane is polar fleece.\u00c2\u00a0 Some of the rick rack is\u00c2\u00a0jumbo fuzzy chenille and other is regular cotton.\u00c2\u00a0 The extra texture added interest and the addition of rick rack gave it a little more pizzazz.<\/p>\n

Earlier on in my sewing experience, I was reluctant to use rick rack on a project because of the way it usually curls\u00c2\u00a0toward the center stitching\u00c2\u00a0after it is sewn down.\u00c2\u00a0 I overcame that reservation by using monofilament thread and sewing it down\u00c2\u00a0free motion from point to point of the rick rack.\u00c2\u00a0 By doing so, it cannot curl up and continues to lie flat after being laundered.<\/p>\n

I had so much fun making this baby gift for little Ethan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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