This Lil' Birde Loves: Baby Della Grace

I have a precious friend named Kandy.  She has two beautiful daughters named Keilah & Karrah that have become my adopted family.  And a few weeks ago, Karrah had a sweet little girl named Della Grace!  Kandy is just fabulous, so as a grandmother, her name is "Yetta" like on The Nanny.  Love it!

But when I found out Karrah was having a girl, there was a pause of about 3 days before I started working on baby clothes.  And I keep adding projects!   I can't help it.  They're just so cute & itty bitty!

This onesie day gown was one of my first Della Grace projects.

It's a little blurry thanks to the iPhone camera, but I just love this fabric for baby things.  This gown is very similar to the one I made for my friend Kelli a while back.

See, isn't she just beautiful?!

And such a beautiful mommy, too!  Thanks for letting me dress your little love, Karrah.  Now I just need to hold her and love her and get my baby fix before we get back to sewing!

This Lil' Birdie Sews: Onesie Dresses

We've talked about this before.  I'm not the best seamstress ever.  I can sew straight lines and I can imagine very cute things in my head; but rarely do those two combine with fabric to make cute things.  My Houndstooth GameDay top was the first exception.  And it gave me the confidence to make this...

A tiny little onesie dress for a sweet customer who has become a dear friend.  I cannot wait to meet Miss Ella Reagan and see her in her new dress.  Personally, I think it's stinkin' adorable, and I might be just a *little* bit biased.

What do you think?  Have my sewing skills improved as much as I think they have?

P.s. A big THANK YOU to BananaBearBoutique for the tutorial!

This Lil' Birdie Sews: Gameday Top

During one of the MANY MANY MANY hours I spend on Pinterest, I came across this adorable tutorial from Sweet Verbena.  While I'm not exactly an expert seamstress (nothing with curves, please!), I figured this would be one project I might could easily tackle.

I didn't have any type of "knit" like she recommends, but I didn't have some good basic cotton in a black and white houndstooth print, so I decided to make a little Game Day top since we're officially in football season now (Roll Tide, everyone!).  And since it's amazingly hot in Alabama until oh, about October, I volunteered to make one for my future sister-in-law too!  This one started out as hers, but I accidentally cut it a little too short (it sits just below my waistband, and sweet future s-i-l is a good 4-6 inches taller than me!). 

I had to do a little more finish work than in the tutorial so that the edges wouldn't fray, but I think it turned out pretty cute!

I'll be sure to post a picture when I actually get to wear it!