Summary: Many people want to learn how to sew or make baby clothes, not because they wish to economise but because customized clothes are potential heirlooms and hoe much nicer for new mums to receive a present that has been hand crafted with love and care rather than merely bought. This is valued even when it is a second child, perhaps more so because the child receives something that is exclusively there’s rather than a hand me down.
Free directions to sew are always of interest; mums can sew diapers to save money or make clothes for their new arrival. The level of skill that you have as a seamstress will determine the type and complexity of children’s clothes that you can sew. If you want to hand sew you can hand stitch appliqué animals on the front of premade clothes, angels, care bears can be bought as patterns and sewn on. Other methods of hand sewing are adding detail in the form of smocking.
On the other hand toddlers grow so quickly that sewing your own baby clothes can save a lot of money, if you can manage to do the basic stitches. Material costs are the only outlay.
A Google search of free patterns for baby clothes or baby clothes directions will allow you to find the baby patterns which are on offer. Equally if you do not want to use disposable diapers simple free diaper patters are available. Christening gowns are a complex item to sew as far as sewing baby clothes go, but a homemade christening gown is potentially an heirloom. Do any of your relatives sew baby clothes and can they make a christening gown. Perhaps they would rather sew baby clothes than but the baby a present when they are born.
A random search on Google turned up a pdf pattern for biddy booties that was both free for personal use and easy to sew. How to make easy kids pants also revealed a delightful pattern with full instruction on how to cut out and sew the baby pants. If you are considering sewing your own diapers, the new modern hourglass shape are actually called butterfly diapers, and a search for how to make your own butterfly diapers should reveal a pattern. There is even a video on you tube with instructions on how to make your own diaper. No sew fleece blankets are another popular search for instructions on how to make a fleece blanket the simple way.
Instructions on how to sew your own baby clothes would not be complete without instructions on how to knit booties, jumpers, or blankets. A simple garter stitch is easy for beginners, even those that have never knitted in their life. Part of the anticipation and delight of being pregnant is knitting for your baby. Sock and bootees are not for the novice because of the shaping and the holes.
Economy sewing patterns can be purchased in magazines that have several designs in the one book and these can work out considerably cheaper than buying sewing patterns separately. Until about thirty years ago at least one person in a house could sew, as cloths were repaired rather than replaced. Nowadays this is by no means the norm and you may want to sew clothes for your baby, but you do not have the knowledge and all the patterns in the world are going to make no sense. Do a Google search for sewing blogs and have a look around at the cute range of baby clothes that have been made. Your local authority may organise sewing classes for babies’ clothes.
The directions to sew will be available as well as the sewing patters or sewing templates. For the real sewing novice baby slings or Mei Tai’s are a good bet. Looking on the Internet you will notice some detailed sites which explains how to make the stitches that you are likely to need for basic baby sewing. Simplicity patterns offer step by step cutting out and sewing instructions and they provide a template for you to pin to the material and cut out, so it is only a matter of stitching together the material. Crafts and hobbies are big business in yahoo and there will certainly be groups to join about sewing even if they are specifically for sewing baby clothes.
