Itty Bitty Baby Dress

Sewing Studio employee Jennifer, recently created this outfit for her newborn daughter using fabric and ribbon from our store.  She shared pics of little Lane modeling the ensemble along with some information about how she created it. She began with the adorable cotton turtle fabric from Robert Kaufman's Urban Zoologie collection. She created the dress using the free Itty-Bitty Baby dress pattern by Rae, which features cute tie straps for easy newborn dressing.

Jennifer chose to personalize the dress a bit by accenting it with coordinating lime mini pom-pom trim at the waistline, and lime ric-rac at the hem for a bit of whimsy. The hem ruffle was added to the soft batiste underlining, and was created with a fat quarter of the lime stripe from the Dr. Seuss Christmas collection (also from Robert Kaufman.)

No dress is complete without accessories, so she also sewed a cute diaper cover (download the free pattern from MADE) and made a tiny pair of coordinating shoes using the Bon-Bon Baby shoe pattern (available for purchase at The Sewing Studio, online and in-store).

Lastly, Jennifer used an array of grosgrain ribbons from the store to create a whimsical and adorable Turtle hairbow to match the dress, and attached it to a stretch baby headband she also purchased at The Sewing Studio. ( **CRAFT TIP:  Trying using a lighter to lightly melt the ends of cut ribbon to melt them and prevent fraying. )

***** If you have pictures of garments, crafts or quilts you've created with fabric from Sewing Studio, we would love to see them! Please email them to us at: sewing@sewing.net